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Scientists show how to grow more nutritious rice that uses less fertilizer

by University of Massachusetts Amherst, edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan The cultivation of rice—the staple grain for more than 3.5 billion people around the world—comes with extremely high environmental, climate and economic costs. This may be about to change, thanks to new research led by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst […]

Grain gains as rice tender hits full mark

The Department of State Reserves announced the successful tender for 200,000 tons of rice for the national reserves for this year. On August 25, 15 regional state reserve departments completed bidding for 171 tender packages totalling 200,000 tons, with all contracts awarded. The regional departments carried out the tender opening, evaluation of bid documents and […]

Dismissed as a joke, UK’s first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer

Georgina Rannard, Climate and science correspondent. Gwyndaf Hughes, Climate and science videographer In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root. “When I tell people what I’m doing here, they think I’m joking,” says Nadine Mitschunas, the UK’s first and only rice-grower. The crops in four small […]