The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has introduced climate-smart, information-driven farming technologies to 5 agrarian ...

Discovered genes provide strategies to protect rice crops against climate change and to domesticate wild relatives that can grow in currently unproductive habitats A new study, seen in Nature Genetics ...

Field trials in India show that bio-fertilizers containing naturally occurring soil fungi enhance growth in rice plants. This may offer a pathway to reducing farmers' reliance on synthetic fertilizers ...

Mention Japan’s Niigata prefecture and rice usually comes to mind. Niigata ranks first in the nation in terms of rice cultivation area and production levels. This northwestern region is flanked by ...

Rice is the staple crop of more than half of the world’s population. Demand is growing with the rising population in South and Southeast Asia. However, a significant portion of rice farming still ...

As North India continues to grapple with winter smog, mainly attributed to stubble burning, a breakthrough in rice farming technology offers a potential solution. Straw Traktor, a machine developed by ...

Mars Food & Nutrition announced a $20 million investment in sustainable rice sourcing between 2020 and 2030 through its new Raising Rice Right platform to help farmers adopt climate-smart agriculture ...

After the Civil War and the end of slavery, it gradually became uneconomic to produce rice in South Carolina. The rice plantations, mills and traders that once brought so much wealth into Charleston ...

Government agencies have begun introducing new rice varieties and climate-smart technology to reduce the shortage of rice in Kenya which stands at 600,000 metric tons annually. According to the ...