Vietnam, a major rice exporter, is aiming to transform its farming techniques by reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Rice paddies generate methane due to flooded conditions inhibiting ...

In a mountain village in south-west China, the local people are playing a guessing game. A new climate-friendly way of growing rice is being trialed here that will reduce methane emissions. So, what’s ...

CLIMATE-RESILIENT farming and sustainable rice production practices were the highlight of a workshop held by Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture’s (Searca) ...

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 production in Africa is in urgent need of intensification to meet future demand. This is to prevent the continent from becoming largely dependent on the import of rice or significant portions of ...

Sam (left), Jim (center), and Scott (far right) Whitaker talk about the work needing to be done on their family farm. Credit: Phillip Powell / Arkansas Times As groundwater levels in the Arkansas ...

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 ...

To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their ...

The set boro rice cultivation target has exceeded in the Rangpur agricultural region, where farmers are expecting a bumper ...

As bizarre as it sounds, Prof. Norman Uphoff, government and international agriculture, argues that cutting the water supply in half and reducing the plant population by a factor of 10 actually ...