Science and health: Sustainable rice wins World Bank grant.
Two University academics, Professor Ivan Kennedy and Dr Michael Rose, have received a major innovation award from the World Bank, alongside Dr Phan Thi Cong, from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The project involves an inoculant biofertiliser technology developed jointly between Vietnam and the University. The project addresses the need to lower rice farmers' costs by allowing crops to be grown with much less nitrogen fertiliser, potentially reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide.