Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the South American country of Suriname, the Maroon community is growing incredible, rare strains of rice made to flourish in ...

A rice field in Bengal, India. Rice is a staple crop for billions of people, but it has proved difficult to bring high-yield hybrid rice strainers to farmers. UC Davis scientists have developed a ...

Direct seeded rice shows encouraging results and may cover 60% of India’s rice area. Experts say DSR reduces water use, labour demand and greenhouse emissions significantly. Officials urge faster ...

Experts say Direct Seeded Rice and next-generation seed technologies could transform Indian agriculture by cutting water use, lowering costs and improving sustainability in rice cultivation ...

As groundwater levels decline, labour costs rise and climate plays havoc, policymakers and scientists are increasingly promoting direct seeded rice (DSR) as a more viable alternative to traditional ...

The same substance that paints the sky with the Northern Lights also appears to enhance plant growth and insect defense, according to a new study. Food science and entomology researchers from the ...

An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95 percent efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making ...