Laotian rice growers fighting a losing war against weeds Women and girls do most of the backbreaking weeding by hand Two Australians have developed a mechanical solution The backbreaking work is done ...

WEEDS reduces the yield and quality of a crop. It also raises the cost of production. In case of paddy, the yield drops by 15-20 per cent and sometimes, even 50 per cent. A crop badly infested with ...

Varanasi: Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute - South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) have developed a tractor-operated dry and wet land weeder that can be operated using narrow ...

Fred Kironde is a farmer in Luweero District. He grows a variety of crops such as beans, cow peas and sunflower, among other crops. In November 2017, Kironde bought a weeding machine to save on the ...

Barnyard grass (Echinochola crus-galli (L.) Beauv) locally known as “Dhidden” is distributed in rice growing areas of Pakistan. It is troublesome weed in rice because at early growth stage, it ...