Philippines – Colored rice
Growing organic rice in shades of black, red, pink, and brown can be profitable.
Diabetics, rejoice: We now have a super low GI rice variety
The newly identified line of rice is high yielding and has low GI with no change in its taste and palatability.
India – Wayanad farmers get rights for 10 traditional rice varieties
espite a looming agrarian crisis, farmers in Wayanad have become the guardians of critical agro-biodiversity by nurturing traditional rice varieties which are fast becoming extinct.
Ghana – Ghana to step up rice production
The strategies include the promotion of three varieties of rice, which are comparable in terms of quality with the imported ones.
USA – Rice farmers see better-than-usual second crop
South Louisiana rice farmers wrapped up their rice-growing season with an excellent second crop harvest.