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IRRI Launches AI-Powered Platform to Accelerate Hybrid Rice Breeding and Enhance Food Security.

IRRI’s AI-powered Global AI-Hybrid Rice Platform (GAI-HRP) accelerates hybrid rice breeding, boosting yields and ensuring food security. The technology enhances efficiency and supports sustainable agriculture. Saurabh Shukla The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched the Global AI-Hybrid Rice Platform (GAI-HRP), an AI-powered digital tool designed to speed up hybrid rice breeding and parental selection. […]

Egypt leads global rice production with climate-resilient and water-efficient varieties

Walaa Aly CAIRO – 12 March 2025: Rice remains one of the world’s most essential food crops, feeding billions of people. Over time, rice farming has evolved from traditional manual methods to modern, technology-driven agriculture. Egypt has emerged as a leader in global rice production, thanks to groundbreaking research by the Agricultural Research Center (ARC). […]

India faces challenges regaining the broken rice export market.

By Vivek Waghmode. Chennai: India may struggle to regain its lost market for broken rice after lifting its export ban on March 7, according to traders and analysts, reports The Hindu Businessline. “It will be difficult for India to reach the same level of broken rice exports as before the ban,” said Rajesh Paharia Jain, […]

Philippines faces growing rice supply deficit amid rising consumption and production challenges

The Philippines, a nation where rice is a dietary staple, is confronting a significant challenge: domestic rice consumption is projected to continue outpacing production, leading to a widening supply deficit. According to BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, this deficit could reach 6.1 million metric tons (MT) by 2029. Consumption and production trendsBMI forecasts that […]

Punjab’s Basmati conundrum.

The Story If you’ve ever seen a paddy field, you’ve probably noticed it looks like it was flooded the night before. That’s because rice fields stay waterlogged for most of the cultivation season. Farmers flood them before sowing to help roots establish and then maintain just enough standing water throughout the crop cycle to support […]

Pakistani researchers advance agricultural innovation through cooperation with Chinese peers.

Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia by Zhong Qun, Luo Jiang, Misbah Saba Malik HAIKOU, China/ISLAMABAD, March 12 (Xinhua) — In the rain-soaked fields of Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City in south China’s Hainan Province, Pakistani postdoctoral researcher Qamar U Zaman waded through the mud in rain boots, carefully inspecting rice plants and occasionally plucking rice […]

Pakistan halts fumigation of rice before exporting.

(Web Desk) – The government has decided to immediately stop the use of methyl bromide for fumigating rice consignments, allowing importing countries to conduct fumigation in accordance with their own standards. This policy shift, expected to benefit Pakistani rice exporters, will help lower export costs and improve competitiveness in global markets. Methyl bromide is a […]

Few rice shipments to EU detected with Aflatoxin: Minister informs parl.

India’s rice exports to the EU have grown by 111 per cent between 2019 and 2023. Md Zakariya Khan New Delhi Some rice shipments from India to the European Union (EU) have been detected with Aflatoxin, a toxic substance, and the country has been complying with the requirements of the importing nations, Minister of State […]