China pioneered hybrid rice, bred from two genetically distinct parents to achieve significantly higher yields. It created ...

The International Rice Research Institute (Irri) and its global partners have introduced new varieties of the Green ...

New rice varieties from RiceTec and Horizon Ag offer more supply and reduced costs for growers battling herbicide resistance ...

As the world’s population rapidly increases, we’ve had to adjust our farming methods. One way we did this was by promoting high-yielding crops to make more food for more people. But is this a lasting ...

India exports both aromatic and long grain basmati and non-basmati varieties to over 140 countries, across Asia, the middle ...

THROUGH the Variety Field Trials (VFT) implemented by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), new varieties of palay (unmilled rice) are expected to help improve the country’s harvest by 2027.

Mysuru: Amid complaints from farmers that paddy is fetching low prices, the price of rice varieties has skyrocketed in the ...

After 20 years as a journalist, M J Prabu returned to his Tamil Nadu village to revive indigenous paddy varieties through ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as ...

The Indian Rice Exporter's Federation has urged the Centre to provide a 4% interest subvention on export credit, 3% road and ...

India accounts for roughly 40% of global rice trade and exported about 20.1 million tonnes of rice to more than 170 countries ...