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Two flood-resistant rice varieties are helping farmers in Africa to improve productivity, with huge potential returns for countries affected by climate change, agricultural food experts say.
A study led by researchers at Peking University in China suggests that extreme rainfall will significantly threaten global food production.
According to the researchers, the average grain yield of KKL(R) 2 is 6,850 kg per hectare under normal circumstances and under submerged conditions, it is expected to yield 3,600 kg per hectare, , rice, rice cultivation, floods, KKL(R) 2, Dr. S. Thirumeni, The agriculture institute in Karaikal, Department of Biotechnology
The Agriculture institute in Karaikal, Puducherry has developed a new rice variety that can tolerate floods. The rice variety was developed with the support of the Department of Biotechnology, Central government.The rice variety, KKL(R)2 was ...