Author Archives: Rice Today

North Korea faces serious food shortage as harsh environmental conditions such as dry spells, heat waves, and flooding have contributed to the country’s...

Nepal’s rice harvest this fiscal year reached an all-time high of 5.6 million tons, a 9% increase from the previous year, according to the country’s...

Contract farming can be an effective tool in developing the agriculture sector in the country by providing small-scale farmers access to capital and...

Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced plans to increase land allocated for rice cultivation this season by 50% to 451,080...

Tanzania launched a 12-year National Rice Development Strategy to develop and boost the country’s rice production and ensure food security in the...

Researchers from the Indian Council of Agricultural-Indian Institute of Rice Research and Telangana State Agricultural University have identified genes...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing have developed high-resolution maps with crucial information that will help study cloud-prone...

A demonstration of the agricultural use of drone technology at the IRRI headquarters in the Philippines. (Photo by Isagani Serrano, IRRI) ...

Different extension approaches have been used to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers and farmers. A mix of different channels and modes works...

A proposed standard for determining the reliability of genetic markers makes modern integrated breeding approaches more consistent in designing better...