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  1. Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Rice Phenology and Grain Yield in Irrigated Drylands of Central Asia

    Abstract,Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2013 Rice is the second major food crop in central Asia. Climate change may greatly affect the rice production in the region. This study quantifies the effects of projected increases in temperature and atmospheric CO2concentration on the...
    Rice Climate Change

  2. Rice Knowledge Bank

    To bridge the gap between research and practice in rice production, theInternational Rice Research Institute (IRRI)developed the Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB)—a digital extension service that provides practical knowledge solutions, specialized for small-scale farmers in developing countries. RKB...
    SRI Rice

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  4. An Economic Evaluation of the TPI Process for the Production of Lightweight Concrete Building Blocks Utilizing Rice-Husks as the Aggregate

    1970-01-01 This study was undertaken primarily to determine whether the manufacture of lightweight concrete bricks, on a small scale and using rice husks as an aggregate, is economic. Technical details of the process are not included in this report which is restricted primarily to the costing of a...
    Concrete Brickmaking Building Brick Economic Aspects Rice Production Rice Rice Hulls

  5. A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice

    1979-01-01 To improve the understanding of rice culture among farmers, technicians, teachers, and scientists, B.S.Vergara of the IRRI plant physiology department prepared this handbook. It should be useful to technicians and the farmers that they serve.
    Rice Production Rice

  6. Increased Yields, Less Disease

    2004-01-20 An international team of scientists working with thousands of small farmers in China demonstrated a simple method to increase the yield of two varieties of rice (Oryza sativa) and to reduce incidence of a disease called rice blast.
    Intercropping Plant Disease Rice

  7. Preparation of Modified Mat Nurseries (MMN) for Improved Rice Seedling Production

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #9 Editor: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an unconventional approach to rice production that has spread throughout many parts of the world since the late 1990s, is comprised of a set of flexible management practices. CEDAC, based in Cambodia,...
    Rice System of Rice Int... Reduced Water Rice... SRI Asia

  8. How can West Africa Achieve Rice Self-Sufficiency? A New Publication offers Insights.

    50,000 Farmers in 13 Countries: Results from Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa By Erika Styger and Gaoussou Traoré The System for Rice Intensification (SRI) has tremendous potential to close the rice production gap in West Africa and to place the region on the desired...
    System of Rice Int... Rice West Africa

  9. Oryza sativa - Rice

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal, Husks - Oil An annual grass with hollow stems. The stems can be 30 cm to 150 cm tall. (Floating varieties can be 5 m long.) The nodesare solid and swollen. The stem is protected by a skin layer which can often be high in silicon. A clump of shoots are producedas...
    Starchy Staples Plant Information FPI Oil Cereal Edible Seeds Rice

  10. Enthusiasm for SRI (System of Rice Intensification)

    2001-04-20 Some feedback from an article about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
    Crop Pests SRI Rice