In his 'Mann Ki Baat' address, PM Modi highlighted India's agricultural achievements, showcasing a Kerala village growing 570 ...

THE Department of Science and Technology’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) is promoting its rice ...

The black birds were a good omen. We didn’t know it at the time. We just thought their appearance on our farm was unusual. The black ibis is a rare sight in our village. The arrival of these birds in ...

High tech and age-old agricultural traditions are being used to reverse the decline in one of Japan’s top rice-growing regions. More than four centuries of agricultural tradition are at risk of coming ...

A farmer uses a hand tractor with the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center rice transplanter attachment, resulting in faster transplanting, reduced ...

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 ...

To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their ...

Discovered genes provide strategies to protect rice crops against climate change and to domesticate wild relatives that can grow in currently unproductive habitats A new study, seen in Nature Genetics ...

Most farm climate pollution comes from rice and peat soils, and a new map reveals exactly where the biggest hotspots are.