Monthly Archives: August 2022

Thousands of women farmers in Bengal profit from growing organic indigenous rice

Over 4,500 women farmers in West Bengal’s Jhargram District are profiting from cultivating indigenous rice varieties organically. Among the indigenous...

Rice on TikTok: Tomato egg fried rice

@christieathome The most underrated fried rice you’ll ever have! Recipe link in bio. #foodtiktok #cookingtiktok #goodfood #dinnerrecipe #fallfood...

From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: Reaping the promise of functional genomics research

To enhance crop production in a sustainable manner, Green Super Rice (GSR) was proposed as a new goal for rice breeding and production based on the prospect...

Pakistan approves new rice varieties approved for commercial cultivation

The Rice Variety Evaluation Committee of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council approved nine hybrid and one long-grain rice varieties for commercial...

China acts to mitigate the impact of ongoing heatwave on rice production

Chinese agriculture experts are in major grain-producing provinces in southern China to address potential crop failures to the nation’s autumn rice...

Rice on Twitter: How rice cookers work

Rice cookers and how they work 🍚⏲❤️💫 pic.twitter.com/IwuQofhiz0 — Celine Choo (@pikachoo) August 17, 2022 ...

A farmer from Vinh Phuc Province, Vietnam, uses the leaf color chart to check the nitrogen needs of his rice crop. (Photo: T.T. Son)

CRISPR engineering enables rice to fix nitrogen from soil

Researchers at the University of California, Davis used CRISPR to engineer rice capable of biological nitrogen fixation. The findings may help reduce the...

Rice on Twitter: Sticky rice recipes

Sticky Rice Recipes pic.twitter.com/dur8g2UgG9 — BuzzFeed Food (@BuzzFeedFood) August 16, 2022 ...

Punjab Government enforces a 2-month ban on the use of 10 insecticides for basmati rice

The Punjab Government banned 10 pesticides used by farmers on basmati for two months to avoid problems in the export market. Agriculture experts say the...

Rice on TikTok: Lao sticky rice

@saengdouangdara Nothing beats Lao sticky rice 🍚🌾#stickyrice #rice #khaoniew #lao #laos #laocuisine #laotian #laotianfood #laotiancuisine #southeastasia...

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