Major trading house Mitsui & Co. will launch a greenhouse gas emissions reduction project in Bangladesh utilizing rice paddies totaling over 100,000 hectares, as large as the main island of Okinawa.

As groundwater levels decline, labour costs rise and climate plays havoc, policymakers and scientists are increasingly promoting direct seeded rice (DSR) as a more viable alternative to traditional ...

Rice paddies, responsible for approximately 10% of global anthropogenic methane (CH₄) emissions, are increasingly recognized as a key contributor to global warming. Reducing emissions from rice ...

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for millions across Asia, reveals a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The ...

This new series from India Today Science shines a light on how climate change is affecting the plate in our hands as it hits daily staples around us. India's rice problem has created a climate loop ...

In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root. "When I tell people what I'm doing here, they think I'm joking," says Nadine Mitschunas, the UK's first and ...

After a seven-year gap, Khamaedthang farmers of Phuentshogthang Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar have resumed spring paddy ...

We must move from being a commodity rice to a high-value and less water-consuming rice exporter, says top basmati breeder ...

Nellore: Farmers in SPSR Nellore district, who have cultivated RNR-15048 paddy, popularly known as the “sugar-free rice,” are reaping handsome returns this harvest season, as there is strong demand ...