Mississippi researchers and farmers are rethinking how the crop uses water. Automated alternate wetting and drying systems ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is using drone technology to spray herbicides and manage weeds in rice plantations. According to PhilRice, researchers ...

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 ...

RICE is one of the largest single sources of methane within crop agriculture. During a recent media tour around the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, practical farm ...

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija (PIA) — Filipino rice farmers are gaining stronger support in reducing production costs ...

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 ...

By Florence Afriyie Mensah Fumesua (Ash), May 06, GNA – Rice Farmers, millers, aggregators, seed producers, and other key ...