The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a set of good practices that introduces a new way of farming rice to smallholders. By using less seed, land and water, the new system significantly increases yields in most cases, but at the same time intensifies work requirements at some stages. The remarkable results obtained by farmers […]
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important food crops for more than 50% of the world population (Atera et al., 2018). Globally, about 160 million hectares are estimated to be under rice production with an annual production of approximately 500 million metric tons (Kirby et al., 2017). The demand for rice has […]
This is a revised “Rice Cultivation Handbook”, for both upland and lowland rice cultivation techniques to help improve rice crop management. This version contains more photos to help our farmers comprehend more about better rice cultivation techniques. The revised version also contains editions such as “Farm record keeping” to assist farmers manage their production […]