With an increasing frequency and intensity of flooding events and an eye to capitalize on a common rice production technique, ...

"All crops have this problem, so if we could give plants the ability to be more flood-tolerant, we would provide an important solution to world agriculture." Interestingly, it was a serendipitous ...

Speaking at a session of ‘Breathe Pakistan’ international climate change conference organised by Dawn Media, Secretary Ministry of Climate Change Aisha Humera Chaudhry said adaptation practices had ...

In a lecture hosted by the Asia Society India Centre, Dr. David Mackill, expert in plant breeding, genetics and biotechnology at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), said that the IRRI is ...

Many proponents also argue that the higher economic security afforded by drought-resistant crops will encourage the households of resource-poor adopters to become more entrepreneurial as a whole.

Puducherry, The Agriculture institute in Karaikal, Puducherry has developed a new rice variety that can tolerate floods. The rice variety was developed with the support of the Department of ...

“The fate of this year’s farming depends on how to protect farmland and crops from the flood,” the newspaper said. South Korea on Thursday donated $10 million (1 billion yen) to the U.N ...