Novel varieties

The first hybrid rice variety developed in India has taken farmers by storm

Grain gains

ORDERED TO BE CHALANGED

Super-high yield

Hold that bite

Rice with a human touch

Resistant to 13 herbicides

South Asia

Biotech-engineered rice has few takers

Despite advancements, research programmes in rice biotechnology heve drawn lukewarm response because it is felt that there is little money to be …

Space savers

How green was the revolution

The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High Yielding Rice Varieties in South India Peter B R Hazell and C Ramaswamy Oxford University …

Hybrid gains

A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha

INDIA

Save our rice

HYBRID PADDY

VIETNAM

Poor harvest

Punjab farmers are reaping losses

Watered down

Regular draining of water from rice fields reduces methane emissions

The Birds-II

Review of the website www.freerice.com

Water wise

Hybirds developed

Creating a family tree for rice

Scientists at the National Chemical Laboratory are working on rice biotechnology in order to develop more nutritious varieties of the cereal.

Gene transfer yields pest-resisting rice strain

Darshan S Brar, who has been working for years on rice hybrids at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, talks about gene …

Water use is excessive in rice cultivation

Farmers in India are using 25 times the amount of water that agricultural scientists say is needed to produce paddy. Improper irrigation methods …

Insuring against gene erosion

Experiments by the Academy for Development of Science in Karjat have led researchers to conclude that gene banks are best created and controlled …