Then the researchers bred rice plants to produce a higher ... plants with high yields that required less nitrogen than conventional green-revolution varieties.

The 'Green Revolution' of the '60s ... fertilizer that could contribute to a second food revolution. Farmers often use urea, a rich source of nitrogen, as fertilizer. Its flaw, however, is that ...

Before those grim visions could come to pass, the green revolution transformed global agriculture, especially wheat and rice. Through ... require far less water and nitrogen than C3 crops do ...

“Since the advent of Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, the application of chemical nitrogen fertilizers boosted rice yields by 100 to 200 percent to match the demands of world population ...

Flooded fields create ideal conditions for bacteria to break down organic matter, primarily rice straw, which releases methane. The overuse of nitrogen-based fertilisers by farmers also ...

“Cereals consume two-thirds of all urea in India, led by rice. Poor fertilizer nitrogen-use efficiency ... This was necessary during the Green Revolution but this also meant more synthetic ...

The researchers found that meeting national rice production targets in 2030 in China is possible under optimal nitrogen rate strategy while concurrently reducing nationwide nitrogen consumption by ...

green development, the circular economy, the sharing economy, the knowledge economy, and the application of science, technology, and innovation. “We must love rice as we love ourselves, as we love ...