Rice paddies represent some 10–12% of global methane emissions, largely due to conventional cultivation techniques.

For billions of people, rice is more than a daily meal; it is the foundation of food security, culture and livelihoods. Every grain harvested represents centuries of agricultural knowledge and feeds ...

Rice farming is hard. It’s complicated. Traditional rice farming takes twice the amount of labor as crops like wheat, corn and potatoes. Paddy rice was built on irrigation networks that forced farmers ...

This study is led by Prof. Wenfeng Tan (Huazhong Agricultural University, China) and Prof. Yu-Rong Liu (Huazhong Agricultural University, China). Global food security is currently challenged by global ...

Mechanisation can help eliminate the laborious tasks involved in smallholder rice farming. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Rice has become a big part of Ghanaians’ daily diet. The country consumes ...

The research was conducted across 12 paddy fields in Bengal's Nadia district where scientists tested a newly developed Furrow ...