HYBRID PADDY

VIETNAM

Poor harvest

Punjab farmers are reaping losses

Watered down

Regular draining of water from rice fields reduces methane emissions

The rural weather department

Folklore guides farmers about droughts and rains

Kalanamak

The future of Indian scented rice?

The Birds-II

Folk rice: Researchers spot dozen Indian paddy varieties that can boost nourishment

These traditional varieties of rice are on the verge of extinction from farm fields

India’s rice trade at risk in Red Sea attacks

India’s famed basmati rice variety is among the commodities hit by supply chain disruption caused by the Houthi attacks on the Red Sea

Iron rice: Increasing diversity in diet is a better solution to anaemia than chemical fortification

Instead of fortification, the quality of diet should be improved, experts feel

A million snake bites

We are only beginning to understand snake bites better

Hybirds developed

Blight plight

New seeder

Grain drain

India wins the battle over basmati. But the war still continues

Rice row

US eyeing patent on Thai jasmine rice?

DNA test for Basmati

EU wants only authentic varieties; India stands to gain

POLLUTER PAYS

It's all in the name

Thai farmers and activists object to a US company's use of the name Jasmati for a rice variety

Foreign invasion

How the West is trying to steal what is ours

WATER SHORTAGE

Rat menace

The flowering of the bamboo is bad news for the people in Mizoram

Treacherous Syngenta

The world's third largest seed company files patents for public-funded rice research

Rice does not need water

The system of rice intensification method shows how

‘Don't mess with Telangana farmers’: KCR’s warning to Modi government at Delhi rally on paddy procurement

Telangana CM gave Centre a 24-hour deadline to respond