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This sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests

Published byWorld Economic ForumPartner organisation
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This sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests

This sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests while cutting gas emmisions. It was developed by Henri de Laulanié, a priest in Madagascar in the 1980's. He noticed that planting fewer, younger rice plants further apart, keeping them moist, but not flooded, and using organic compost, generates 20%-50% more rice, while using up to 90% fewer seeds and 50% less water. 

Learn more about innovative methods of growing rice: https://wef.ch/2GjlJjW

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