Heavy rainfall, upstream hill torrents, and breached embankments have suddenly caused floodwaters to inundate nearly half a ...

Rice production is heavily dependent on nitrogen fertilizers, particularly in China, where application rates are two to three ...

Agricultural systems worldwide face increasing pressure to enhance productivity while mitigating environmental impact, particularly regarding greenhouse gas emissions linked to fertilizer use. The ...

The Middle East conflict has meant increased freight costs for food exporters Read more at The Business Times.

Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the sweltering, rain-swept Malay and Indochina peninsulas as well as the islands of ...

Sri Lanka’s rice industry is charting a path to recovery. For the upcoming 2026/2027 marketing year (October–September), ...

Through a partnership with Regrow Ag, precision-agriculture business Netafim is helping rice farmers worldwide to seamlessly adopt climate-smart farming practices. Netafim — a precision-agriculture ...

Rice cultivation began over nine thousand years ago in China and gradually spread worldwide, becoming a staple in diverse cuisines and cultures. Kerala Matta Rice: Cultivated primarily in Palakkad, ...

A promising breakthrough has been achieved in the experimental cultivation of premium rice varieties, including Basmati, in ...