Elyssa Kaur Ludher Extreme temperature and heat stress poses an increasingly critical threat to rice production and food security in Southeast Asia, with far-reaching consequences
Background Rice is Thailand’s most important food crop, accounting for roughly half of Thai agricultural land and employing 18 million smallholder farmers. Rice farmers are
By News Source Guyana President Irfaan Ali, this morning launched a crop insurance initiative which will benefit more than 6,000 rice farmers across the country. The initiative
By Observer Research Foundation, By Shoba Suri and Tanya Verma According to recent reports, arsenic has been detected in all samples of rice in the United States (US), with over
APA-Abidjan-(Cote d’Ivoire) Thirteen West African countries are set to benefit from a $9.44 million grant aimed at reducing vulnerability and strengthening the resilience of
Under Cuba’s blazing sun, Vietnamese rice expert Tran Thi Tham stood amid a sea of golden fields, eyeing the hefty rice stalks – her hard-fought victory alongside local
Meetings will culminate in the Rice Experiment Station’s annual field day on Wednesday, Aug. 27 in Biggs. Farm Progress staff, Farm Progress A pair of workshops for the
By Elyssa Ludher Southeast Asia’s food production has faced mounting challenges in recent years from increasingly severe climate events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and
With rains arriving ahead of schedule in many regions, farmers have been able to begin sowing earlier than usual, Farm Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi said Bloomberg By Pratik