By Blair Fannin
Rice Farming
A team of global researchers that includes Dr. Ted Wilson, director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Beaumont, has studied rice yield gap and resource-use efficiency across 32 of the world’s top-producing rice cropping systems — Texas A&M stock photo
More rice production can be produced while minimizing the crop’s environmental impact, new research suggests. And that’s important with global population projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 and with demand for rice on the rise.