By Mongabay.com Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

Previous research had suggested that paddy-field soil might contain nitrogen-fixing microbes that can provide rice plants with additional nutrients to support their growth, Shida says.

Kahan Singh Pannu, a retired IAS officer from Punjab, has developed an innovative technique called Seeding of Rice on Beds (SRB) to combat the state’s critical groundwater depletion. His approach ...