A study by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has found that conflicting priorities among key players in the ...
According to some estimates, half the world depends on rice as its staple food. But as the climate changes, rice cultivation is increasingly under threat by record-breaking temperatures, drought and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the South American country of Suriname, the Maroon community is growing incredible, rare strains of rice made to flourish in ...
The State Seed Sub-Committee on Tuesday approved the release of seven new rice varieties developed specifically for Nagaland’s agro-climatic conditions. The approval came at a meeting convened at the ...
The new conventional medium-grain and long-grain rice varieties developed by Arkansas researchers to achieve increased yield potential are proving popular with seed growers. Taurus, the new ...
An ambitious decade-long effort to catalogue and preserve Hong Kong's many local rice types has led to a new book and ...
In addition to several new long-grain rice varieties, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's rice breeding program has one new medium-grain variety and two new aromatic lines in the pipeline.
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 ...
SHYAMNAGAR, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmer Dilip Chandra Tarafdar was tired of fighting to keep his rice crop alive in the Bangladeshi coastal village of Chandipur. If the plants ...
Local rice varieties in Vietnam could be used to help breed improved crops with higher resilience to climate change, according to a new study. Researchers are aiming to identify varieties that can ...