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Issue 39 MAFG 2023 1.2 PC
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09/08/2023 SOURCE: www.technologynetworks.com
Scientists hope that identifying an essential but formerly unknown stage in the fungal takeover of rice cells can accelerate the treatment or prevention of rice blast disease, which ruins up to 30% of global yields each year.
Rice-Wrecking Fungus' Genetic Quirks May Be Its Downfall
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09/08/2023 SOURCE: www.hindustantimes.com
inconsistency in weather catalyses viral and fungal attack on paddy crop; CSA University of Agriculture and Technology helping farmers on how to save the crop from further damage
Rice plants in UP dwarfed by disease, output likely to be hit, fear scientists
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Agriculture Global, Government / Policies, Climate Change, Food Security/Shortage,
Is a global food crisis the new normal?
From Indian rice to Australian wheat, climate change is worsening a food crunch and price spikes due to war in Ukraine.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Water, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,
Water shortage hits rice farmers; Tokyoites urged to conserve | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
The scorching heat this summer is threatening the rice crop in parts of eastern Japan and may lead to water shortages in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area for the first time in seven years, authorities warn.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Rice, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation,
What China’s leading position in natural sciences means for global research
Nature - Its rise to the top has been long forecast, but what next for Chinese science in the post-pandemic era?
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Agriculture Global, World Hunger, World Population,
Rice shortage sends prices soaring across the world.
Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertiliser prices and a yearslong drought in the Horn of Africa...
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08/17/2023 SOURCE: alliancebioversityciat.org
Livestock, the petroleum industry and landfills are all leading producers of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But another significant but less well known contributor is one of the world’s most popular crops: rice. Rice plants transport methane from the flooded rice field into the atmosphere. A new paper from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has found that it is possible to lower emissions by developing new varieties of rice. By: Andrew Wight
In Search of Rice To Reduce Methane Emissions
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07/10/2023 SOURCE: www.eurekalert.org
Livestock, the petroleum industry and landfills are all leading producers of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But another significant but less well known contributor is one of the world’s most popular crops: rice. Rice plants transport methane from the flooded rice field into the atmosphere. A new paper from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has found that it is possible to lower emissions by developing new varieties of rice.
In search of rice to reduce methane emissions
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07/05/2023 SOURCE: www.livemint.com
The development comes amid demand from African countries that look to India for supply of fully broken white rice, other than parboiled rice.
India may ship 290,000 tonnes of broken rice to Mali
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