Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

The Malagasy government aims for self-sufficiency in rice production by 2027, targeting 6 million tons in 2024 and 11 million tons by 2030. Despite recent production increases, challenges such as ...

The Malagasy government is pushing ahead with a controversial highway linking Antananarivo and the port city of Toamasina, ...

A new study led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of Réunion and Duke University reveals that the black rat is ...

Then, when Gondwana fragmented into Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia/New Zealand, India, and Madagascar beginning ... down through successive rice fields (see Build a Rice Paddy).

Evidence suggests the first human encounter with Madagascar's amazing biodiveristy ... a portion of the forest and then burns it, planting rice that is irrigated by rainfall alone.

Rice is grown in flooded fields called ‘paddies’. It is the main food source for the 20 million people living in Madagascar. [IN PADDY FIELD] CHILD: How long does it take him to grow all of ...

Local farmers harvest rice at a high-yield hybrid rice demonstration field in Mahitsy, Madagascar, on May 8, 2024. To help ...

Kevin Schafer Clustered in the mountains of northeastern Madagascar, they are known locally ... Others burn their forest habitat to make room for rice fields. Loggers also destroy silky habitat ...

Heavily fertilized, continuously flooded rice fields produce greenhouse gases that contribute ... make SRI adoption affordable to small-scale rice farmers. SRI originated in Madagascar in 1986, and ...