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Alternate wetting and drying in a paddy field, showing the flooded and dried phases of the cycle

Progressive practice

Alternate wetting and drying in paddy

Continuous flooding is a habit rather than a requirement. Letting the water fall and return saves a third of it without costing yield.

07 Sept 2026 2 min read

Brown planthopper on a rice stem at the base of the plant, with hopperburn damage alongside

Crop protection

Brown planthopper: the pest that hides at the base

Brown planthopper sits at the water line where most sprays never reach, and several common insecticides make it worse.

06 Sept 2026 2 min read

Paddy blast lesions and bacterial leaf blight streaks on rice leaves, shown side by side

Crop protection

Paddy blast and bacterial leaf blight: telling them apart

Blast and bacterial leaf blight are the two big paddy diseases, they look nothing alike once you know, and they need different products.

05 Sept 2026 2 min read