Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of farmers and their families across Nepal celebrated an annual paddy festival by planting rice, splashing in the muddy fields and enjoying a special feast. The ...

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a $12 billion farmer aid package -- with $11 billion earmarked for ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. To fight food insecurity and climate change, Senegal is increasingly employing a relatively new strategy for growing rice, known as the “system of ...