LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province
China with the annual production of 147.691 million tonnes rice, holds the title of largest rice producer in the world. Know the names of top-10 rice producing countries in the
Experts have been sounding the alarm of the implications of diminishing agricultural land in Punjab and what that may mean for the future of the country. Ishfaq Jutt, a wheat
Introduction Rice, scientifically called Oryza sativa, is usually associated with humid and wet climates, although not restricted to tropical zones. While some posit that
Written by Patrick MacFarland More than 50% of the world’s population relies on rice as a staple. Rice is a cereal grain first domesticated in China around 11,000 years
Beef and rice, together at last. (Yonsei University) As the world’s population continues to grow, so too does the strain on the environment. Not least among the
Abstract Africa produces around 60% of the rice the continent consumes, relying heavily on rice imports to fulfill the rest of the domestic demand. Over the past 10 years, the
The so-called Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (for short: RYMV) is responsible for high crop losses in Africa, particularly among small-scale farmers. A research team from Heinrich Heine
NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE The global database of the rice canopy image and corresponding rough grain yield. The increasing global demand for staple