Fixing Saline Soils #1084 (Air Date 1-13-19)
reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQL_keYvXM
Protecting the Water on Your Small Farm
Reference: https://extension.wsu.edu/animalag/content/protecting-the-water-on-your-small-farm/IntroductionClean water is a valued resource for human and farm animal use, recreation, irrigation, and fish and shell- fish habitat. Pollution of our groundwater (such as wells) and surface…
An 87-year-old scientist may have just unlocked the secret to growing rice in saltwater
Reference: https://www.businessinsider.com/yuan-longping-chinese-rice-scientist-growing-saltwater-rice-2017-11 Yuan Longping, an 87-year-old Chinese scientist, has spent his life working to feed a world hungry for rice. Now he's wading into saltier territory. Longping is developing a new high-yield strain…
Salt-tolerant rice variety adoption in the Mekong River Delta: Farmer adaptation to sea-level rise
Reference: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229464 Abstract Rice production in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam (MRD) is endangered by sea-level rise and an associated increase in the incidence of salinity intrusion. This paper…
You May Find Salt-Tolerant Rice Growing In The Ocean By 2021
Reference: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariellasimke/2020/02/21/you-may-find-salt-tolerant-rice-growing-in-the-ocean-by-2021/?sh=6d514b8b4133 Growing rice in the ocean sounds a little whacky, but ocean agriculture is an emerging form of food production that could have some real potential. Less than 1%…
Water salinity and plant irrigation
Reference: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/water-management/water-salinity-and-plant-irrigation Irrigating crops with saline water can result in yield loss and decreased quality. Plants vary greatly in their tolerance to saline water. The extent of yield loss when…
Stress and disease tolerance
Reference: http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/ricebreedingcourse/Breeding_for_salt_tolerance.htm Breeding for salt tolerance in riceDescribe the challenges in rice breeding for salt toleranceDescribe the morphological, physiological and biochemical symptoms under salt stressDescribe the mechanisms of salt-toleranceDescribe the…
2019 Rice Varieties & Management Tips
Reference: https://www.lsuagcenter.com/articles/page1544041626381 This publication handles information likely to become dated in a short time, such as changes in varieties, pest management products, and other recently developed production practices. Projected cost…
Vietnam aims to ramp up organic agriculture production
Reference: https://www.feedstrategy.com/asia/vietnam-aims-to-ramp-up-organic-agriculture-production/ Goal is to increase amount of organic production while improving efficiencies Vietnam’s Organic Agriculture Development Project for 2020-30 aims to advance the country’s organic agriculture production. Deputy Prime…
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC FARMING IN VIETNAM
Reference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328606174_THE_DEVELOPMENT_OF_ORGANIC_FARMING_IN_VIETNAM Organic products nowadays are very potential to be developed because of the increasing demand from consumers around the world on safe food which are free from agrochemicals, such…