Indonesian rice farmers in Java and Bali must invest in hardier crops and better water storage methods if they hope to maintain harvests in the face of man-made climate change and weather systems such as El Nino, according to a new study. The warm El Nino weather system has already been shown to wreak havoc with the region's rice production by delaying monsoon rains, disrupting the planting of the main rice crop and prolonging the "hungry season" before the main rice harvest. The...

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He says rice is becoming a staple food in the country and its important the government encourage farmers to grow the crop locally instead of importing it. The Solomon Islands government and an advertising agency have provided equipment for some rice farmers. Sols government and an advertising agency provide equipment for rice farmers. Fiji Methodists denounce 2006 coup as worst of takeovers. The Voice of New Zealand, Broadcasting to the Pacific. New Zealand boosts foreign aid by more than...

Latest . Search . Archive . News by email . Feeds . Blog <Back Email to friend Link to story Print Comment Beijing to tap neighbours' water for Olympics (10 May 2007) Beijing plan to import an annual 400m cubic metres of water from an adjacent province to prevent water shortages during the Olympic Games, Chinese officials have said. Latest . Search . Archive . News by email . Feeds . Blog <Back Email to friend Link to story Print Comment Beijing to tap neighbours' water for Olympics (10...

Rice farmers were also able to take more time because of dry conditions and laser level their fields and use their tractors to prepare fields. If a farmer needs to plant quickly because of the weather, quality of rice could be lost when fields are also harvested quickly. Harvesting equipment runs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, so farmers can't just go out and buy more equipment if they need more harvesters at a certain time. In some years -- such as last year -- late rains in the...

According to The Plant Protection Department, rice fields infested by the pest in the north total more than 79,000ha, of which 16,000ha have been completely ruined, affecting mostly winter-spring crops. Viet Nam News ::Politics::Socio-Culture ::Economy::Comment::Miscellany. In addition, rice seedlings should be planted more sparsely. Brown hoppers leave farmers in dust. This combination of wet and sun is considered by experts as favourable breeding conditions for the insect. For its part,...