{"id":144185,"date":"2021-10-30T20:23:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=144185"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:48:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:18:31","slug":"run-up-to-cop26-wonder-rice-may-help-reduce-emissions-offer-good-yield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/run-up-to-cop26-wonder-rice-may-help-reduce-emissions-offer-good-yield\/","title":{"rendered":"Run-up to COP26: Wonder rice may help reduce emissions, offer good yield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the news?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Manila have come up with new DSR rice varieties.
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Must Read<\/strong>: What is Direct Seeded Method (DSR) of growing rice?<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Why were new varieties developed?<\/h5>\n

Rice-growing is resource-intensive as it covers 11% of the Earth\u2019s arable land and consumes one-third of irrigation water. Moreover, paddy farming is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, DSR method of rice cultivation is being incentivized.
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But, the Direct Seeded Method (DSR)<\/strong> despite being eco-friendly has not witnessed large scale adoption due to complaints of low yields and increased susceptibility to pests. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, scientists at IRRI developed new varieties which not only give higher yields than the traditional puddling method<\/strong> but are also resistant to pests.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are key features of the new varieties being developed?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The new varieties have the following features:<\/span><\/p>\n

– The crop takes less time to mature<\/strong>, giving farmers ample time to do residue management. Hence, these varieties can address the problem of stubble management.
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– Higher yield: <\/strong>These varieties not only germinate quickly in extreme dry conditions but also give a yield of around 4-5.5 tonnes per hectare. If the same variety is grown through puddling, the yield level goes up even further to almost seven tonnes per hectare, researchers claim.<\/div>\n
At which locations the newly developed varieties are being tested?<\/h5>\n

The varieties being tested at the IRRI in various agro-climatic zones across Asia. The cross-country trials are being conducted across 29 sites in Asia and Africa including India where the first trials are currently close to harvest in states such as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha.
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Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201cRun-up to COP26: Wonder rice may help reduce emissions, offer good yield<\/strong>\u201d published in Business Standard<\/strong> on 30th Oct 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the news? Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Manila have come up with new DSR rice varieties. Must Read: What is Direct Seeded Method (DSR) of growing rice? Why were new varieties developed? Rice-growing is resource-intensive as it covers 11% of the Earth\u2019s arable land and consumes one-third of irrigation… Continue reading Run-up to COP26: Wonder rice may help reduce emissions, offer good yield<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704904405},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}