Farmers in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila tend to their crops. The agriculture ministry aims to bag 1.71 crore tonnes of Aman rice this season. The photo was taken yesterday.
Hanoi is working to cultivate high-quality rice varieties in 80% of the local rice farming area in a bid to build trademark for the product in the 2021-2025 period. Illustrative
India’s rice export ban presents an opportunity for Southeast Asian rice powerhouses Thailand and Vietnam to reap big profits amid the global rice shortage. Thailand produces
A rice field abandoned due to salinisation, triggered by spontaneous shrimp farming in Trieu An Commune, Trieu Phong District in the coastal central province of Quang Tri. —
In this report, our correspondents investigate what has become of the over N1.7trn Central Bank of Nigeria-disbursed Anchor Borrower’s Loan given to supposed rice farmers across
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has repeated its strong advice to rice farmers not to plant a crop after the harvest in October and November this year, due to the water
Farmers harvest rice in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh. Photo by VnExpress/An BinhVietnam’s rice exports are likely to reach record volumes this year on the back of
The quantum physicist turned environmentalist said that fertilisers are not just poisoning humans but also creating a biological disaster The chemicals we put in our crops are
Growing several plant varieties in the same field for disease resistance is a longstanding agricultural practice, but can have unpredictable results. A study published September