As Odisha battles procurement protests and Kerala defends bonuses, mounting rice stocks intensify questions over subsidy-fuelled paddy expansion ...

Is crop diversification being viewed through a one-size-fits-all national lens that does not recognise regional variations?

NEW DELHI, May 28 (Reuters) - India has raised the price at which it will buy the new-season common rice paddy variety from local farmers by 3%, the lowest increase in five years, as New Delhi ...

Beneficial microbes in the soil of rice paddies could be key allies in a collaborative project to build a circular agricultural economy in the celebrated rice-growing region of Niigata, Japan. By ...

Tirupati: State Civil Supplies, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Nadendla Manohar stated that the government aims to make ...

MUMBAI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - India's new season paddy rice purchases from local farmers rose 21% by the end of October as New Delhi tried to allay farmers' concerns that new agricultural laws mean the ...

We must move from being a commodity rice to a high-value and less water-consuming rice exporter, says top basmati breeder ...

As rice prices show no sign of easing, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has decided to gradually release government rice stocks ...

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 ...

Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan has announced its 2 MW agricultural solar power plant, installed 3.8 meters above a rice paddy, has begun operating. The project features a community-based ...

SKF Elixer India Pvt. Ltd., Moodbidri, has chosen B.K. Deva Rao, winner of Plant Genome Saviour Farmers’ Reward for 2020-21 and conservator of over 300 varieties of rice/paddy, from Mittabagilu ...