FLOODED-PRONE regions of Bangladesh, China and North India could benefit from the discovery of a new improved variety of deep water rice. Scientists at the international rice research instutute

An Indian scientists has challenged the estimates of methane a greenhouse gas produced from paddy fields

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

Japan will import Indian rice only if it is free from harmful chemical residues

An Asian staple for over a millennium, rice has become important enough for the North to start raiding and patenting strains

YEARS of government protection and a ban on imports had so far insulated Japanese rice farmers from foreign competition. Now, however, they face double trouble -- emergency imports of foreign rice by

SCIENTISTS at the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have developed a rice plant that can yield 25 per cent more than existing varieties. The new variety, evolved by