With more and more farmers preferring paddy, the Union government has been focusing on crop diversification. It is not only ...

From the paddy fields of India to supermarket shelves, Tilda is fine-tuning an environmental strategy that has appeal across ...

A girl harvests rice in the East Khasi hills of Meghalaya in north east India. India is the world’s second leading paddy producer— responsible for 27% of global rice production and well over 145 ...

THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has launched a $2.1 billion assistance programme to support rice ...

As rice growers know only too well, barnyardgrass doesn’t stay in the barn yard. It likes wet and moist areas and thrives in road ditches, irrigated crop fields, pastures and – much to farmers’ dismay ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is not expecting a drastic increase in the retail prices of rice as the government is set ...

India has emerged as the world’s largest rice producer, surpassing China with an output of 150.18 million tonnes, Union ...

MINISTER of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, has announced that plans are underway to establish organised rice-producing ...

India's record rice production and exports are depleting groundwater, particularly in key agricultural states. Subsidies encourage water-intensive rice farming, driving farmers to drill deeper and ...

ZANZIBAR: IN the rice paddies of Kibonde Mzungu, early morning mist clings to the surface of flooded fields while farmers set ...

The Northern Division currently leads rice production, contributing 58 per cent of national output, with 969 farmers ...