All rice articles

Browse all our articles on rice to see how crop nutrition affects yield, quality, health or effect on the environment and see the roles of different nutrients.

Increasing Rice Yield

All macro- and micronutrients are essential for growth, however, nitrogen and potassium are the nutrients needed in greatest quantities in rice.

Zinc deficiency-Rice

Sulphur deficiency-Rice

Potassium deficiency-Rice

Nitrogen deficiency vs. optimum-Rice

Manganese deficiency-Rice

Iron deficiency-Rice

Calcium deficiency-Rice

Boron deficiency vs. optimum-Rice

How to improve rice quality

Increase the nutritional value of rice grain by increasing the protein content

Increasing Rice Health

K fertilizer is widely reported to decrease insect infestation and disease incidence in many host plants.

Nutritional Summary

Nitrogen and potassium are the nutrients needed in greatest quantities in rice.

Nutrient deficiencies-Rice

300% Yield Increases Achieved Through Research Partnerships in Tanzania

For the past 6 years Yara Tanzania has been collaborating with agricultural research institutions to find solutions for low yields of food crops in hub regions.

Yara International ”PALAY” Strategic Partnership Project Empowering Smallholder Rice Farmers in the Philippines

“Palay” means rice in Filipino, and is the main crop in the Philippines. With a total cultivated area of approximately 4.5m hectares, covering 2 crop seasons, the Philippines is the 8th top producer of rice in the world. However, it also imports 10% of its annual requirement.