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Rice farmers from Bangladesh invent new varieties of rice that can withstand strong storms and salty soil after being let down by conventional rice varieties.

China has successfully harvested the first batch of rice from last year’s moon’s exploration. This opens opportunities for stronger rice varieties, which may lead to food stability for the country.

Despite dry conditions causing drought stress to plant life and crops, experts say harvests for wild rice are more likely to be abundant this year.

Due to rising evening temperatures, researchers have found that the biological schedule of rice plants is being altered, resulting in the disruption of optimal crop yields.

With the use of video footage, scientists have found insight as to why some rice root tips grow in a winding motion.

The progress of corn and rice planting in Missouri has picked up the pace, according to the USDA.

According to an expert, rice growers in Arkansas are seeing great growth thanks to the best planting weather the state has seen in years.

China’s father of hybrid rice, Professor Yuan Longping, has developed a new super hybrid rice variant that is currently undergoing transplanting in the Yunnan Province.

Traditional parboiling in African countries has caused problems in different sectors: to the environment, through deforestation; to women, through unsafe labor practices; and to the urban and rural dwellers who suffer from pollution. GEM parboiling technology poses a solution — one that will push Africa to become self-sufficient in rice production.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has become a member of the Sustainable Rice Platform. With the FAO’s membership, they aim to work hand-in-hand with the SRP and its other members to initiate numerous rice projects in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as on a global scale.