Rice production in Africa is in urgent need of intensification to meet future demand. This is to prevent the continent from becoming largely dependent on the import of rice or significant portions of ...

Mention Japan’s Niigata prefecture and rice usually comes to mind. Niigata ranks first in the nation in terms of rice cultivation area and production levels. This northwestern region is flanked by ...

India's wheat and rice production rises due to technology adoption and climate-resilient seed varieties, boosting ...

Through a partnership with Regrow Ag, precision-agriculture business Netafim is helping rice farmers worldwide to seamlessly adopt climate-smart farming practices. Netafim — a precision-agriculture ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment is tasked with instructing local authorities to closely monitor production ...

We must move from being a commodity rice to a high-value and less water-consuming rice exporter, says top basmati breeder ...

Smuggling of foreign rice into Nigeria has forced the shutdown of more than 90 rice mills across the country, prompting FG to move ...

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in rice mills to boost local processing and production, many mills are closing or producing below capacity due to many reasons, as revealed by Weekend Trust in ...