"We have to produce more rice using less water"

Robert Zeigler, director general of the Manila, Phillipines-based, International Rice Research Institution (IRRI) talks to Sourav Mishra about …

Pests ruin paddy on 89,000 ha

Farmers destroy DuPont’s GM rice

Demand Karnataka be declared a transgenic-free state

Russia bans rice imports from India claiming pesticide contamination

Goodness of the unpolished

The popularity of polished white rice has killed the red and black varieties that have medicinal properties. A few Tamil Nadu farmers are …

Fukushima rice passes radiation tests for first time since disaster

The earthquake that hit Japan nearly four years ago had forced the country to stop export of fish and other produce from the area near Fukushima …

Warming bad for rice

Rice is a staple diet for many. But a recent study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) under the United States department of agriculture has …

Uttar Pradesh's terai experiences untimely fog

News for farmers

New strain of rice

The arsenic affinity

Stadium in deep water

Kerala cricket association clears wetland trees to build stadium

Kerala court allows law violation

Permits use of paddy field unfit for cultivation for other purposes

Survey exposes Philippines' rice research body

Rice for dry areas

Drought-tolerant genes mapped in Indian variety

Drought unleashes starvation

Officials admit to 10 deaths in Jharkhand's backward district, actual number might be 20

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Pest control

Golden cure

Amon crops survive pest threat

Rodents destroy crops in Mizoram

Shrimp lose shine in Bangladesh

In court

Treasure and the tricks

Conserving genetic purity of 750 varieties of rice with limited resources like a small piece of land and no workforce is a major challenge. Debal …

Arsenic eyes rice nutrients

The heavy metal can disrupt amino acid synthesis in the grain