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…
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reference: https://www.mofga.org/resources/international/vietnam/ By Cory Whitney When Sir Albert Howard visited the farmers of India in the 1940s and brought back to the United Kingdom ideas about composting and other agricultural…
Reference: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-rhizosphere-roots-soil-and-67500617/ What is the Rhizosphere and how can understanding rhizosphere processes help feed the world and save the environment? This article will review the critical biogeochemical processes occurring at…