CHANGSHA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Paddy-field remains dating back over 8,000 years have been discovered in central China's Hunan Province ... for the origin of rice farming and early rice cultivation ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

Millennia later, the once prosperous Jijiaocheng, which is located in modern-day Lixian county, Changde, Hunan province, came ...

The Minister also noted that the Red rice growing paddy fields are more in the southern and eastern districts ... The emerging Hongjia Grain Machinery Company of China carries on its website a “Rice ...

Previous research had suggested that paddy-field soil might contain nitrogen-fixing microbes that can provide rice plants with additional nutrients to support their growth, Shida says.

"The clearly revealed fields and ditches show that the ancestors' rice production ... of early paddy fields," said Li Yiyuan, a researcher with the institute. Follow China.org.cn on Twitter ...