See 2004 article about LITE: http://irri.org/knowledge/publications/rice-today/features/features-asia/reas...
LITE was part of the IRRI-led project Poverty Elimination Through Rice Research Assistance, funded for Bangladesh by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development.
It set out to discover the exact cause of an expected drop in rice yield when farmers stop spraying insecticide. The original aim was to identify safe alternatives to insecticides.
This is a very good method for teaching farmers. Thanks Jan.
salinarius 4 years ago
Why don't they try this in other countries too?
salinarius 4 years ago
Very nice. Good for seeing people saving environment.
salinarius 4 years ago
Very nice. Nice to see people doing something good for the environment.
salinarius 4 years ago
Yes to organic farming!
communitywork 5 years ago