Rice feeds more than half of humanity, yet the flooded fields it depends on are among agriculture’s most stubborn sources of methane, a greenhouse gas roughly eighty times more
Direct-seeded rice was supposed to make farmers’ lives easier. Instead of the back-breaking, water-hungry ritual of transplanting seedlings into flooded paddies, growers simply
Rice feeds more than half of humanity, and the height of its stalks quietly determines whether a harvest survives a storm. Tall plants with long internodes—the hollow segments
by Bioengineer Rice is the staple food for billions of people, yet breeding varieties that perform reliably across wildly different landscapes remains one of agriculture’s
by Bioengineer Deep in the hills and valleys of Northeastern India, thousands of rice landraces have been quietly evolving alongside one of agriculture’s most destructive
DW Climate change is reshaping agricultural productivity and could intensify conflict over food, land and water, with South Asia among the regions most at risk. The world’s
Tourism, a pillar of the Thai and regional recovery narrative, faces a more indirect risk through heat stress and haze rather than a direct demand shock, though extended
By Eric Ralls, Earth.com staff writer Rice kernels swell over a few short weeks. For every day above 86°F (30°C) in that window, a rice plant loses 1.1 to 1.8 percent of its
Elyssa Kaur Ludher | Paul Teng ASEAN countries need to brace themselves for a “super” El Niño weather phenomenon. outheast Asia is no stranger to strong El Niños. Most ASEAN
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