Revolutionizing rice agriculture

Rice sustains half of humanity, but its cultivation uses 30% – 40% of global freshwater and causes 10% of world methane emissions. Israel’s Netafim has just tested drip-irrigation of 2,470 acres of rice fields in Europe and Asia. For the same yield it used 70% less water and caused zero emissions.

https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/BJsOVxU2D?prof=3085.EMoney-10006.Technology

https://www.netafim.com/en/crop-knowledge/rice/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHT9DvyTziU

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