Why a rice field needs a reference line
The useful part of a sensor begins with the question someone needs its reading to answer.
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A curious look at how we grow food, care for fields and turn promising ideas into useful knowledge.
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HerbaRice: the original research project
Looking for EU project 897192? HerbaRice ran from 16 November 2020 to 15 November 2023 and investigated herbicide resistance in rice. The final report records low-dose-resistant material, but no high-dose resistance suitable for commercial use.
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A farm inside a warehouse: who supplies the weather?
Moving plants indoors changes which conditions a growing system must provide, measure and pay attention to.
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816 survivors are not 816 resistant rice lines
A surviving plant can open a research question. Following that question into another setting is a much longer story.
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Following Rice Straw Through a Cooperative’s Circular Business
A Vietnamese cooperative’s rice-straw enterprise links mushroom cultivation, composting and crop production. The case suggests a useful way to examine circular farming: follow the material flows, then ask what evidence shows whether they deliver economic and environmental benefits.