Cooperative rice farmers in Adelakope-Somenya, a rice farming community in the Eastern Region, are facing challenges, from controlling weeds and pests to navigating market dynamics. As a result, the cooperative members are calling on stakeholders to explore potentials solutions to boost local production and reduce reliance on imported rice. A day’s working visit to the […]
By Giselle P. Jordan THE Philippines has deposited 4,417 samples of Filipino rice in the so-called Doomsday Vault in Norway, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Sunday. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault seed vault, located on Spitsbergen Island, is the world’s most secure long-term seed bank. It is designed to protect the genetic blueprints […]
Seed World Staff Genetic selection could play a key role in helping farmers and plant breeders cut greenhouse gas emissions from crops — especially rice — according to new research from the University of Warwick and Cranfield University. As agriculture intensifies to meet growing global food demand, it has become one of the largest sources […]
Marie HEUCLIN AFP Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England. Growing rice “has not been done before in the UK”, said Mitschunas, a field ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). But […]
This story was originally published at 20:04 IST on 30 October 2025 NEW DELHI – India must shift focus from ensuring food security to achieving nutritional security and environmental sustainability in rice cultivation, agricultural economist Ashok Gulati said at the Bharat International Rice Conference on Thursday. “We have to go from filling stomachs and food […]
Agronomy As India grapples with groundwater depletion and climate volatility, Dry Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) emerges not as a technical tweak — but as a potential paradigm shift toward climate-smart, resource-efficient grain production For over five decades, India’s Green Revolution has rested on the shoulders of rice — the crop that fed the nation, stabilized […]
by Bioengineer Climate Change and Its Impact on Rice Farming Communities in Nigeria Recent research has significantly highlighted the intricate relationship between climate change and livelihood outcomes, especially in agricultural communities deeply reliant on specific crops, such as rice. In Nigeria, the rice farming communities in Ebonyi and Niger states face escalating challenges as climate […]
Elizabeth Mills, Writer, Forum Stories Who doesn’t eat rice? And that’s fundamentally the challenge. A staple foodstuff for more than half of the world’s population and an important one for much of the rest, rice is facing a tough outlook. Climate change both threatens existing production and creates wider issues for cultivation, including water conservation […]
Neel Kamal Bathinda: A new study, ‘A Global Synthesis Of Genotypic Variation In Crop Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under Variable Nitrogen Fertilisation,’ published in Frontiers in Agronomy, performed the first comparison of crop variety impacts on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) on a global scale. The analysis shows that the choice of crop variety (specifically rice) has […]
Waterlogged paddy fields produce a lot of methane, but alternative techniques exist. Susannah Savage Rice is perhaps the world’s most important foodstuff — it feeds more than half the global population. But it is also one of the most climate-damaging crops. Rice is usually grown in waterlogged paddy fields, which creates oxygen-starved soils that release […]
