Meetings will culminate in the Rice Experiment Station’s annual field day on Wednesday, Aug. 27 in Biggs. Farm Progress staff, Farm Progress A pair of workshops for the rice industry this summer will cover such topics as production practices, innovative varieties and efforts to combat a key pest. Weedy Rice The UCCE’s Weedy Rice Meeting […]
By Elyssa Ludher Southeast Asia’s food production has faced mounting challenges in recent years from increasingly severe climate events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and storms. However, the looming threat of extreme heat is poised to overshadow these other impacts, based on climate modelling in Singapore’s Third Climate Change Study (V3). As the region […]
With rains arriving ahead of schedule in many regions, farmers have been able to begin sowing earlier than usual, Farm Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi said Bloomberg By Pratik Parija Early and widespread monsoon rains in India have accelerated the sowing of rice, oilseeds and pulses, boosting the country’s chances of record grain harvest this year, according […]
Source: IndiaWest Journal As of June 1, rice stocks in government warehouses have surged to an all-time high for this time of year — up 18% from 2024 levels — while wheat reserves have climbed to their highest in four years, thanks to a strong procurement drive. The sharp rise in grain inventories not only […]
Source: Eurasia Review. With its extensive and diverse agroecological zones, China ranks among the 12 global hotspots for agricultural biodiversity. This richness—deeply embedded in the country’s diverse landscapes and cultures—has conventionally supported food and nutrition security for a population of over 1.4 billion. However, rapid modernisation, industrial agriculture, and climate change are now significantly pressurising […]
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dinh Tho, president of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Agriculture and Environment, and Jun Okita, CEO of Green Carbon, spoke to VIR‘s Song Oanh about the role of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation technology in rice cultivation. When applied to rice farming, AWD promotes efficient water use and significantly reduces […]
Arathi Menon. In a significant stride towards bolstering food security amid escalating climate challenges, researchers at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), both operating under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), have developed two innovative genome-edited rice varieties, named DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala) and Pusa DST […]
An ancient wild rice may hold genetic secrets for climate-resilient farming – if Vietnam can save it from vanishing and neglect. By Le Quynh, Dialogue Earth “It’s been so long I can barely remember. It’s delicious, fragrant, soft but not sticky,” says Trần Văn Lựa, 53, a farmer from Đồng Tháp province, south-west Vietnam, recalling […]
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden. by Grist By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, farmers grow belts of slender green stalks. Before they reach […]
By Keisuke Kono / Yomiuri Shimbun NAGOYA — Amid nationwide high rice prices, Aichi Prefecture is striving to increase rice production. The prefecture, though, faces a formidable threat from pests, whose damage is intensified by global warming, making it more difficult to combat them. The prefecture has set its production target for this year at […]
