India – Basmati rice industry is expecting a rebound in 2017-18
The export of Bastami rice is expected to increase with the rise of prices in paddy rice
Innovations ratchet up rice production
Global rice production has increased enormously over the past few decades, improving the world’s food security.
USA – Can cover crops work in a rice rotation?
A report from the 2016 Southern Agricultural Soil Health, Cover Crops and Water Management Conference
Thailand – University in Thailand accepts rice for fees in nation awash with grain
The goal is to help farming families, and the university will put a higher-than-market value on the grain since prices for some strains are near a decade low.
USA – Engineering rice to waste less fertilizer
Most of the phosphorus fertilizer goes to the seeds, ends up wasted.
Australia – 2017 International Temperate Rice Conference Program Announced
The 6th International Temperate Rice Conference (ITR Conference) has already announce the program
Benin – ‘Smart-Valleys’ bring rice bounty
In just four years, small farmers in Ouinhi, southeastern Benin, have seen their harvest double from three to six tonnes of rice per hectare.
USA – Rice Farmers: Cut Water Use 30%, Lose No Yields
The “alternate wetting and drying” or AWD technique saved an average of $50 a season across fields ranging from 20 to 80 acres.
México – COP13 news: Mainstreaming of Biodiversity into Agricultural Practice: Rice Paddy Resolution of the Ramsar Convention for Biodiversity Conservation Practice
The discussion of the CBD COP 13 agenda was concentrated on how to make the agriculture more sustainable for biodiversity
Australia – Grass enzymes could raise rice, wheat output
Rubisco enzyme would enhance the growth and yield of crops like rice