The Commerce Ministry is implementing seven measures to lift rice prices, such as paddy market fairs, export expansion and ...

Then, when Gondwana fragmented into Africa, South America, Antarctica ... Farmers must incessantly weed rice paddies to maintain water flow through the terraces. Rice, an annual grass belonging ...

Thailand will sign a deal next month to sell South Africa 300,000 metric tons of rice worth 5.25 billion baht ($156 million), ...

As with cows, the problem is burps — lots and lots of tiny burps. Growing rice requires flooding fields, called paddies, with staggering quantities of water. Microbes known as archaea multiply ...

We used to grow our dinner staple in the city’s countryside, until farmers abandoned their paddies to find less back-breaking jobs with better pay. Recently though, homegrown rice has been ...

The craft flew over a 1000-square-meter rice paddy, scattering seeds treated beforehand with powdered iron to ensure a smooth drop from the air. The seeding process took just 10 minutes.