Nutrient Manager for Rice Mobile (NMRiceMobile)—designed to give fertilizer guidelines to rice farmers via their mobile phones—is now available via smartphones with Android operating systems
Nutrient Manager for Rice Application gets 'smarter'
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Global food prices rise in January, reach historic peak
The FAO Food Price Index rose by nearly two per cent or four points from December to January– its first increase since July 2011
US Corn Mission sees potential in Vietnam
The rapidly increasing entrepreneurial spirit witnessed in Vietnam encouraged participants of the U.S. Grains Council’s Corn Mission about future opportunities for U.S. agricultural products.
New projection shows global food demand doubling by 2050
Global food demand could double by 2050, according to a new projection by David Tilman, Regents Professor of Ecology in the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences, and colleagues, including Jason Hill, assistant professor in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
IRRI calls for ban on certain insecticides in rice production
The IRRI’s action plan recommends increasing biodiversity on rice farms and regulating the marketing and use of insecticides – including banning certain insecticides in rice
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