Rice farming, with intricate irrigation systems and tight-knit farming communities, has long been suspected of fostering collectivism. However, proving this theory requires navigating confounding ...

South American rice producers use quality standards and disciplined management to outcompete U.S. farmers in traditional ...

Integrated rice farming systems, which combine rice cultivation with the simultaneous rearing of aquatic animals, have garnered significant attention as a sustainable agricultural approach. These ...

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

The process of removing rocks and plowing the rice field with your hoe to prepare an environment where rice can easily grow. The better you plow, the better the rice-plant’s roots will spread and grow ...

Over 50% of the food calories eaten daily by the world’s 7.9 billion people come directly from grains. In impoverished nations, that percentage is 60% and, in the poorest, it tops 80%. The three most ...

It takes more than an hour on foot to traverse the muddy terrain that leads to Antoinette’s expansive rice farm in Chamassuia, a local village about five kilometres from Lôvua settlement in Angola’s ...

When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law in late March to ban social media access for children under 14, it was among US lawmakers’ most sweeping attempts to limit kids’ exposure to ...

Vietnam, a major rice exporter, is aiming to transform its farming techniques by reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Rice paddies generate methane due to flooded conditions inhibiting ...

When India overtook China as the world's largest producer of rice this year, the country's politicians and agriculture lobby ...

Typhoon-related shocks would prevent the country’s rice production from again breaching the 20-million metric ton (MMT) mark, ...