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Fewer people doesn't always mean better outcomes for nature—just look at Japan
Since 1970, 73% of global wildlife has been lost, while the world's population has doubled to 8 billion. Research shows this ...
In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work?
For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...
US tariff deal with Vietnam set to expand trade but faces hurdles
The tariff deal between the United States and Vietnam sets the stage for a further climb in trade volumes between the ...
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DA-PhilRice unveils high-zinc rice in Negros
The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) introduced Thursday two high-zinc rice ...
Vietnam Investment Review on MSN3d
Vietnam and Japan advance climate ties through low emission farming
A participatory meeting held in Hanoi on June 30 attracted numerous experts, representatives from state management agencies, research organisations, and local and international businesses. Flooded ...
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Manila Standard4dOpinion
NFA’s rice ruse risks a nation’s hunger
The nation deserves a rice system that feeds its people, not its dysfunction” NUEVA Ecija’s scorching fields, Mang Lito, a grizzled rice farmer, tears ...
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Mapping Double and Single Crop Paddy Rice With Sentinel-1A at Varying Spatial Scales and Polarizations in Hanoi, Vietnam - IEEE Xplore
Paddy Rice is the prevalent land cover in the mosaicked landscape of the Hanoi Capital Region, Vietnam. In this study, we map double and single crop rice in Hanoi using a random forest algorithm and a ...
The Star14d
Green light hoped for gene-edited rice - The Star
But one leaf is almost all yellow, a sign of bacterial blight – a disease that has afflicted Malaysian rice fields for decades and caused losses amounting to hundreds of thousands of ringgit ...
Asia News Network15d
Flooding strikes five Cambodian provinces, out-of-season rice affected
PHNOM PENH – Heavy rains have caused flooding in five provinces, with at least 927 hectares of rice fields damaged. Kampong Thom province reportedly suffered the worst flooding. On Thursday, June 19, ...
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Vietnam–Cuba rice partnership sets new model for sustainable food security: media
Titled “Rice cooperation with Vietnam changes Cuba’s land lease model,” the article detailed how Vietnamese private enterprise Agri VMA leased 1,000 ha of land in Los Palacios district, Cuba’s ...
VietNamNet16d
Vietnam’s rice export prices fall nearly 19% despite growing volume
Retail rice prices in An Giang also displayed diversity, depending on type and quality. Ordinary rice varieties ranged between 14,000–15,000 VND per kg (0.553–0.593 USD), while aromatic long-grain ...
The Phnom Penh Post16d
Flooding strikes five provinces, out-of-season rice affected
Heavy rains have caused flooding in five provinces, with at least 927 hectares of rice fields damaged. Kampong Thom province reportedly suffered the worst flooding. On Thursday, June 19, the Ministry ...