Source: Eurasia Review. With its extensive and diverse agroecological zones, China ranks among the 12 global hotspots for agricultural biodiversity. This
Sanjō (Japan) (AFP) – All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in
Juergen Voegele & Yvonne Pinto. “Have you had your rice today?” In Viet Nam, this everyday greeting reflects just how central rice is to life—so essential that the day
Arathi Menon. In a significant stride towards bolstering food security amid escalating climate challenges, researchers at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and the
naveenika The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, is now looking to broaden its supplier base beyond Vietnam to secure more stable supply and competitive prices.
Researchers say they can improve rice harvests and grain quality by essentially turning off a temperature-sensitive gene found in some common rice varieties. By Allyson Chiu.
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden. by Grist By Ayurella
Chandrima S. Bhattacharya In a region hit hard by climate change, where salinity of agricultural land has become a major concern, indigenous rice varieties could bring some
Lead author Zhong Liyuan says it would take 8-10 years to produce a stable and widely adoptable rice variety through crossbreeding. Holly Chik Chinese scientists say they have
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