Mention Japan’s Niigata prefecture and rice usually comes to mind. Niigata ranks first in the nation in terms of rice cultivation area and production levels. This northwestern region is flanked by ...

Thailand's rice industry is undergoing a transformation as the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec) applies artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision technology 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 ...

Through the Department of Science and Technology’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (DOST-SETUP) under its ...

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

Bayelsa State has procured modern milling equipment to increase the production and processing of rice in the state. Governor Douye Diri, who disclosed this on Thursday at this year’s World Food Day ...

In a mountain village in south-west China, the local people are playing a guessing game. A new climate-friendly way of growing rice is being trialed here that will reduce methane emissions. So, what’s ...

Rice farming is hard. It’s complicated. Traditional rice farming takes twice the amount of labor as crops like wheat, corn and potatoes. Paddy rice was built on irrigation networks that forced farmers ...