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 ...

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.

Rice exporters warned that local rice varieties are at risk of extinction as farmers flock to plant a Vietnamese rice variety known for its soft texture. "Up to 80% of the packaged rice sold in ...

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

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

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

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