Rice (Oryza spp.) is an important food crop and plays an essential role in food security in the
Sahel region in West Africa. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Regional Station for the …

Deep placement of nitrogen fertilizer is a key strategy for improving nitrogen use efficiency. A
two-year field experiment was conducted during the early rice growing seasons (March …

It is urgently necessary to reduce environmental harm while simultaneously ensuring food
security from agriculture in China. Fertilizer deep placement, especially urea deep …

Unreasonable application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers gives rise to agricultural greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions, causing increases in carbon footprint (CF). To solve such problems …

Most business-as-usual scenarios for farming under changing climate regimes project that
the agriculture sector will be significantly impacted from increased temperatures and shifting …

The increasing scarcity of irrigation water necessitates the development of water-saving
technology in rice production. Our previous studies have shown that “safe” alternate wetting …

Mechanical hill direct-seeded rice synchronous with deep placement of N fertilizer (MHDSR-
NF) is an efficient alternative to conventional transplanted-flooded rice (CTFR), however …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the world's most important cereal crops. Nitrogen is one of
the most important plant nutrients for rice. Different forms of nitrogenous fertilizer are the …

Overuse of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has led to low N use efficiency (NUE) and high N loss in
single rice crop** systems in southeast China. Application of controlled-release urea …

Fertilizer management should consider optimum time, rates and methods of application to
increase use efficiency and crop yield. We conducted field experiments at Bangladesh …