How to build a better rice dryer

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The Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand has come up with a simple, solar-powered rice dryer made largely of bamboo poles and plastic sheeting. Thedryer prevents second crops from spoilage during the rainy season and isaffordable particularly for poor rice farmers from South and Southeast Asia. It costs around US$150 to construct a one-ton capacity dryer, and much less if the farmers do not have to spend for the bamboo poles.

Production processes

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Sierra Leone looks beyond rice

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Sierra Leone's Institute of Agricultural Research has made significant achievements to help curb the country's dependency on rice imports. It has introduced enhanced varieties of cassava, sweet potatoes and maize that produce more than the national average. Gbani, a sweet potatoe variety, yields more than the previous Ropot II, stores well and sells well. Another crop, cassava variety 80/40 produces up to 33 tons per hectare.

Varieties, Agricultural research, Sierra Leone, Root-crops, Root crops

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Computerized phytotron speeds rice breeding

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea will use a computerized phytotron to increase the yield of rice crops. The phytotron features six 30-square chambers separately controlled for regulating temperature. It also monitors humidity from 60 to 90 percent. Computer programs govern changes in the chambers. Rice productivity in North Korea is expected to be 10% higher profiting as much as $50 million.

Software, Greenhouses, Planting (Plant culture)

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