New Scientist on MSN11d
Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissions by 70 per cent
Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...
Sahara Reporters9d
Jebba Dam Flood Destroys Rice Farms In Kwara, Over 1,000 Farmers Lose Billions; Three Die From Shock
However, this flood has destroyed our farms and dealt ... machines were being used in an attempt to drain the submerged rice fields. "Since the day they released the water from Jebba, we have ...
Hosted on MSN1mon
Curbing toxic metals in spinach and rice crops grown for baby food
In new research published in the academic journal Environmental Geochemistry and Health, University of Delaware scientists have found that flooded rice fields tend to contain higher amounts of ...
Guyana Chronicle1d
Authorities delivering support to Johanna rice farmers affected by heavy rainfall
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, during a meeting with rice farmers in Johanna, Black Bush Polder, on Wednesday, stressed that the PPP/C government continues to work along with the ...
Phys.org on MSN11d
How flooding soybeans in early reproductive stages impacts yield and seed composition
Farmers who use zero-grade fields for rice as their main production system are also interested in flood-tolerant soybean ...
Guyana Chronicle4d
Additional pump to be placed at Number 43 to assist rice farmers
AN additional pump will be placed at Number 43 Village, Corentyne, bringing the total there to three, to assist rice farmers within Johanna, Black Bush Polder ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper15d
Shonga Flood: 5,000 Farmers, 3,000 Hectares Of Rice Farmlands Affected
No fewer than 5,000 farmers were affected by the devastating flood that submerged several rice farmlands in Shonga, Edu local government area of Kwara State last Sunday. LEADERSHIP Friday also ...