Scaling sustainable rice farming practices to achieve food security in Asia
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAKARTA, Indonesia: Experts gathering at the 5th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Food and Agriculture have stressed the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to upscale the sharing of proven best practices in sustainable rice production among Asia’s smallholder rice farmers. The event, held on March 27-28 under the theme “Scaling Collaboration to Deliver the Sustainable Development […]
Five ways India must help its farmers face the threat of climate change
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY MANOJ DORA Senior Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management, Brunel University London Climate change could hurt farmers’ income by up to 20-25% in the medium term, according to the Indian government’s latest annual economic survey. Extreme weather events, temperature rise and lower rainfall all threaten to derail the Indian government’s agenda of doubling […]
Biofuels from plant fibers could combat global warming
Reading Time: 2 minutesSCIENTISTS, companies and government agencies are hard at work on decreasing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In recent years, biofuels produced from corn have emerged as a fuel source to power motor vehicles and, perhaps, airplanes. But corn is problematic as a biofuel source material. It’s resource-intensive to grow, creates many environmental impacts, […]
Conflicts and weather patterns strain food security
Reading Time: 2 minutesROME: High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse climatic shocks that are taking a toll, particularly in East African and Near East countries, where large numbers of people continue to be in need of humanitarian assistance, a new FAO report notes. Some 37 countries are in […]
Part of rice we don’t eat may be highly nutritious
Reading Time: 2 minutesRICE BRAN, the outer covering of the rice grain, has high nutritional value and is a rich source of proteins, fats, minerals and micro nutrients such as B vitamins, according to a study published in the open access journal Rice. Researchers at Colorado State University suggest that rice bran, which is removed from whole grain […]
Paris Climate Change Pact
Reading Time: 4 minutesWorld science community reacts to US withdrawal from agreement BY RYAN BUSHEY President Trump recently declared he was unilaterally withdrawing the United States from the landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement, defying the vast majority of the scientific and business community. The pledge— which includes 195 countries that have agreed to implement plans for reducing greenhouse […]