El Niño takes toll on US rice farmers – and points to even higher prices
Weather has caused planting delays in the southern states and while the price hike is limited to the US, experts wonder if parts of Asia will be next.
Asia scientists take big leap toward ‘rice of the future’
Scientists have made major strides towards creating new breeds of rice that could be more sustainable, as well as more resilient to environmental stresses.
Nepal – Experts for providing better rice seeds to farmers
Increasing effects of extreme climate change have stymied growth in the farm sector that has significantly affected the earnings of paddy farmers, leading experts to stress the need to increase their access to climate stress-tolerant rice varieties.
USA – Water cuts threaten rice field bird habitat
Waiting in the wings are an estimated 4 million to 6 million migratory birds that winter in the Central Valley each year.
India – ‘Aerobic’ rice cultivation reduces water usage
In simple words, growing rice plant as irrigated crop like cultivating maize and wheat in aerobic condition, where oxygen is plenty in soil.
Secret unlocked to underwater rice seed survival
A team of scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the University of California Riverside recently published a study in Nature Plants unlocking the secret to how rice seeds can survive under water.
India – Here’s how rice can light up homes
As the world’s seventh largest country and one of its leading growing economies, India faces major challenges when it comes to meeting the energy needs of more than one billion people.
USA – How researchers are trying to grow an unusual urban crop: Rice
Instead of growing rice in the familiar paddies, they are conducting a three-year study in growing it just as you’d raise wheat or eggplant or apples: that is, on dry land.
USA – Rice finds a welcome home in Wisconsin paddies
With drought conditions in California and the uncertain impacts of climate change, scientist Michael Schläppi has been trying to grow the water-intensive crop in a Wisconsin lab and field.
Nitrogen use efficient rice demonstrates an average yield increase of per
Major Yield Increase Has the Potential to Change the Economics of Rice Production and Enhance Food Security