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Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissions by 70 per cent
Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...
Water pollution hits paddy crops in Karnataka’s ‘rice bowl’
Koppal: Gangavathi is also known as the ‘rice bowl of Karnataka'. However, farmers here in the Tungabhadra catchment area are ...
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Paddy-field remains dating back 8,000 years discovered in China
CHANGSHA -- Paddy-field remains dating back over 8,000 years have been discovered in Central China's Hunan province, according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.
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Is your rice slowly poisoning you? How to reduce arsenic levels in your rice
but it finds its way into rice because rice is grown in flooded paddy fields that use a lot of irrigation water. Irrigation ...
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NTT targets paddy cultivation on 188,000 ha for food security
Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has urged the government of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province to cultivate paddy on ...
The Rice Revolution: Slashing 70% of Methane Emissions While Boosting Yields
Scientists have developed a new rice strain that emits 70% less methane, addressing a major source of greenhouse gas ...
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Laoag City developing farm sites for tourism
Farm tourism sites are being developed in this city in partnership with farmers' associations to make visitors stay longer, ...
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Govt to replicate Sekinchan’s high-yield rice model in northern states, says PM Anwar
The government intends to adopt the successful agricultural methods used in Sekinchan, Selangor, which have significantly ...