Minimum tillage could benefit California rice farmers

Minimum Tillage Corn Trial

2012 Minimum Tillage Corn Trial

Would banning atrazine benefit farmers?

Atrazine, an herbicide used on most of the US corn (maize) crop, is the subject of ongoing controversy, with increasing documentation of its potentially harmful health and environmental impacts. Supporters of atrazine often claim that it is of great value to farmers; most recently, Syngenta, the producer of atrazine, sponsored an "Atrazine Benefits Team" (ABT) of researchers who released a set ...

Input Pricing and Utilization Status for Boro Rice Cultivation: Do Farmers Benefit from Input Liberalization System?

A survey based study was conducted in three districts of Bangladesh to understand the mode of input pricing, problems of timely availability of inputs and the existing input subsidy scenario of Boro rice. Applying the conventional descriptive statistics, the study revealed that there are three major modes of payment for irrigation charges prevailing all over the study areas and it varied from l...

Genetically Modified Rice in China: Effects on Farmers in China and California

China has not commercialized genetically modified (GM) rice, but they are close and many observers believe the time is near when national leaders will “pull the trigger.” After examining the state of biotechnology research on rice in the world, in general, we examine the implications for producers in China, the world’s largest rice economy. To do so, we draw on our work that has appeared in Sci...