January 11, 2012
Many rice farmers work under the mistaken impression that regular insecticide applications are necessary to attain high yields. However, decades of research by scientists around the world has shown that healthy and productive rice crops can be produced with little or no insecticide applications in most years. Nonetheless, farmers continue to apply dangerous chemicals [...]
Tags: &ndash, abuse, across, Brown, Brown Planthoppers, chemicals, Creatures, crops, damage, Dr Robert, Dr Robert Zeigler, Farmers, Growing, Hoppers, Insecticide, Insecticide Abuse, Insecticide Abuse And, Insecticide Applications, Insecticides, International Rice, International Rice Research, International Rice Research Institute, Ldquo, major, numbers, outbreaks, Pest Management, Pest Outbreaks, Pests, Planthopper, Planthoppers, Practices, Rdquo, research, Research institute, Rice Crops, Rice Growing, Rice Production, Rice Research, Rice Research Institute, Rice varieties, Robert Zeigler, Simply, support, The Hoppers, The Mistaken, The Pest, The Pests, The Plan, Their Numbers, This Insecticide, Vietnam
Posted in Life in Vietnam | Comments Off
November 15, 2010
The environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has called for the adoption of “readily available” food security solutions instead of hugely problematic ones like genetically engineered rice. “Genetically engineered (GE) rice is sometimes proposed as a solution to the impacts of climate change although there is no evidence that GE crops can play a role in [...]
Tags: &lsquo, 20 Years, 20 Years And, action, Any Impact, Are Readily Available, Are Readily Available Rdquo, available, Available Rdquo, Biodiversity, change, climate, Climate change, Congress, crops, deficiency, development, environmental, Environmentally Irresponsible, Farming, Farming Methods, Food Production, Food security, Ge Crops, Ge Rice, Genetically Engineered, Golden, Golden Rice, Greenpeace, Harmful Impacts, impact, impacts, Including, Institute Irri, International, International Rice, International Rice Congress, International Rice Research, International Rice Research Institute, Ldquo, Lsquo Golden, Lsquo Golden Rice, Natural, Natural resources, November, Of Natural Resources, On Tuesday November, population, production, Rdquo, Readily, Readily Available, Readily Available Rdquo, Report:, research, Research institute, Research Institute Irri, resources, Rice Congress, Rice Ldquo, Rice Research, Rice Research Institute, Rice Research Institute Irri, Said Dr, Said ldquo, Security, solutions, supply, The Environmental, The international, The International Rice, The International Rice Research, The world, Tuesday November, Vitamin, world
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
October 29, 2009
India, the worldâs second-largest rice grower, may become a net importer for the first time in 21 years in 2010, potentially sparking the kind of âpanicâ that sent prices to records in 2008, a rice expert said. India may import as much as 3 million metric tons next year after the wet season harvest plunged, [...]
Tags: 100 Pounds, 65 Million, Basmati Rice, countries, Country, export, Export Bans, Few Weeks, futures, Futures Contracts, Government, harvest, higher, import, Import Rice, In The Market, India, India May Import, Interview, market, May Import, million, Million tons, Mohanty, nation, National food, Next Year, Oct 27, panic, Per 100, Per 100 Pounds, percent, Philippines, price, prices, regional, Research institute, Rice Research, Rice Research Institute, Said Oct, Season Harvest, situation, supplies, Thai Rice, The country, The government, The market, The philippines, The Rice, The world, Wednesday, weeks, Wet Season, Wet Season Harvest
Posted in International, News | Comments Off
