Under the collaboration Agriculture and Forestry University will work with IRRI scientists to tackle agriculture issues in Nepal.

The program has reached 500,000 rice farmers while reducing environmental impacts.

Show is March 24-26 in Thailand and also covers grain, rice and flour milling technology.

Area planted to corn, soybeans and rice expected to climb.

Rice output is also projected to rise in 2019-20.

USDA cites reduced acreage of off-season rice as the reason for the production decrease.

Drought and water prices causing issues.

Bad weather, limited inputs contribute to 12% decrease.

Excluding grains can lead to health risks, study author says.