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 Parched ricefields emit less methane [1]

it’s hard to picture paddy fields without water puddles. But by draining flooded rice fields for two days before the flowering stage, methane emissions can be reduced by as much as 56 per cent. Significantly, draining deprives me

Publication Date: 
30/05/2003
Neelam Singh [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Agricultural Research [4], Green House Gases [5]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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