Varaha is a climate-tech startup helping farmers adopt regenerative agriculture practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

A new variety of rice created by simple crossbreeding could reduce the crop's ... in the flooded paddy fields where rice is grown. These organisms break down chemicals known as root exudates ...

Reports indicate that the area under water-saving systems like micro-irrigation system for non-paddy crops is not increasing ...

As a crop that can be grown on every continent, we have come to rely on it heavily. But there’s a catch. Requiring waterlogged paddy fields to grow, rice is an extraordinarily thirsty crop.

Paddy farmers had better rice security, grew more cash crops, owned more livestock, and had higher income. A cost-benefit analysis of developing paddy area suggests that paddy development is a good ...

KUMAGAYA, Saitama Prefecture--Grappling with a rice shortage ... most important crop longer term unless action is taken. An agriculture ministry report released in July showed paddy rice yields ...

the paddy crop is affected in rain and short-term submergence leads to the destruction of these crops. The institute has been working on the development of water submergence-tolerant rice varieties.