Rice Mapped

Throws open opportunities for better varieties

Sowing the seeds of revival

Yen for ecofriendly grain

Japan will import Indian rice only if it is free from harmful chemical residues

Recession hits rice

Pollution, not rice accumulated methane

Threatened farmers

Famine fears

'Rice'ing fortunes

FARMERS' REVOLT

Grain gains

Rice research

Grain drain

A US company has acquired the patent to what it claims is a new variety of basmati rice

QUALITY CONTROL

RICE CROP IN TROUBLE

In short

Seeds of starvation

Intensive agriculture is destroying China's soil

Shortcut to better rice

Genomic approach saves time and effort

Sold out

Rice at a click

Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science

Washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20% of the microplastics from uncooked rice

Basmati rice: the new authenticity rules aiming to remove sub-standard varieties from the market

If we don’t maintain today’s standards, it may harm the industry — and crucially the farmers who work so hard to produce this …

Rice politics ignores Asian socio-cultural base

Rice Science and Development Politics Robert S Anderson, Edwin Levy and Barrie M Morrison Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi Price: …

Ours and theirs

An American company appropriates the name 'basmati' as its own, and the contentious issue of patents and protection comes to the fore once again

Looks like Basmati but

India is losing the pride of many a pulao -- the aroma and taste of basmati rice. What are scientists and legal experts fighting about?

Pantabhat - well slept rice

Rice has been a staple food of West Bengal from antiquity and thus was grown in abundance all across the region. At one time, 60 varieties of …