There is an abundance of historical data available on the extent of land cultivation and the amount of paddy harvested based on well-established yields per unit area. Separate sets of statistics cover ...

Ryots cultivate paddy because of the good prices commanded by superfine varieties in both domestic and international markets ...

The coming months may mark the beginning of a significant shift in Sri Lanka’s rice economy, as the National People’s Power ...

It is a double whammy for the JVP; both rice consumers and paddy farmers are demanding that their competing interests be addressed. Rice growers are threatening to march on Colombo and stage what they ...

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): In the heart of Bali, where yellow-green paddy terraces ripple across the landscape like waves, ancient subak rice fields bear witness to the island’s rich ...