Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), founded in 1960, has been crucial in creating high-yielding rice varieties ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki Prefecture--Robotics took over the task of growing rice plants in a paddy here ... procedures in three paddies. The process of creating dedicated beds for seedlings is replaced ...

Growing seedlings takes up a considerable part of the labor process in rice farming. With this in mind, Tmsuk adopted an aerial seed spraying method to sidestep the process of creating beds for ...

Thailand is another country which has come up with an ambitious move to grow basmati rice targeting West Asia ... its international registration process. “Such registration will ensure ...

This rice can only be grown once a year during the rainy season, whereas other varieties can have multiple annual rotations. "You grow this rice, you need like maybe 5 to 6 month[s] compared to ...

Rice growing is responsible for around 12 per cent ... but also making methane in the process. To learn more about factors affecting the production of methane from rice roots, Anna Schnürer ...