However, the initiative faces two key challenges: low yield and the reluctance of farmers to accept the new method of rice cultivation in about 25% of the country’s paddy fields. Yet ...

KUCHING: Sarawak plans to expand padi cultivation areas as part of efforts to increase its rice self-sufficiency level (SSL), says Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi. The state Food Industry, Commodity ...

A Bangladeshi scientist named Dr Abed Chowdhury has recently discovered a new production method in which four additional varieties of rice for different seasons can be cultivated on a single tree.

Bangladesh may miss its target for cultivation of the Aman rice, the second biggest rice crop, this year as farmers in the eastern districts are unlikely to transplant the seedlings again in ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects local rice production to recover and meet rising demand for the household staple this year, shrugging off recent projections that ...

With drought-tolerant, climate-resilient rice just two years away from Indian farms, gene editing could change how the country grows its staple. But questions around safety, regulation ...

He recently proposed agricultural reforms, including increased rice production and possible exports, though critics say he should urgently fix the ongoing rice problem first. Noting the rice ...

Despite a significant increase in Boro rice production in the haor (marshy) region—thanks to favourable weather this year—the price of newly harvested paddy has not dropped, due to the enhanced ...

The government will release the crop production estimates soon, in which the production of rice has been estimated to be over 149 million tonnes (mt). This relegates China to the number two position.

BBM claimed he’s now focusing on rice production, after supposedly completing long-term irrigation works in his first three years in office. That’s why rice now retails for only P20 a kilo ...

“Global rice production in 2024-25 is expected to increase by 2 percent, with production in India—which accounts for about 40 percent of global exports—forecast to rise by 5 percent,” the ...