The rice-straw can effectively develop a market value chain by finding new market outlets for the byproducts. (Image source: Brief/Flickr)
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a two-day workshop in Ho Chi Minh on 1-2 June 2017, aiming to identify market prospects for potential use of rice straw products and explore future potential to develop market value chain for the use of rice straw
The agricultural film global market is set to grow considerably. (Image source: Mypix/Commons)
Market Research Future published a Half Cooked Research Report on Agricultural Films Market as it is expected to grow from about US$9bn in 2015 to cross US$13bn by the end of 2022, growing at a CAGR of seven per cent in the forecasted period
OMEX’s soluble NPK powder products are manufactured in environmentally controlled conditions. (Image source: Omex)
Omex Agrifluids has announced the construction of a new soluble powders plant at the company’s King’s Lynn headquarters in eastern England, to manufacture fully soluble powder NPK products for the international market
The new farming implements aim to reform the agricultural output in Pakistan. (Image source: Leon Brocard/Flickr)
Pakistani farmers have expressed that locally manufactured rice planters are helping them by supporting conservation agriculture, with costs savings and soil and water conservation benefits, in rice-wheat farming rotation that covers more than 2.2mn ha in Pakistan
Adding fish to flooded rice fields is a traditional farming technique practiced in some Asian countries for many centuries. (Image source: Water326menko/Shutterstock)
An FAO regional workshop on innovative integrated agro-aquaculture in Asia explored how fish farming integrated in flooded rice paddy fields help to achieve higher yield and better quality of rice besides producing fish as an additional commodity
