The work is backbreaking and relentless, and in Japan and other Asian countries where farmers tend terraced paddies, it is also muddy. Paddy rice is irrigated by water diverted from rivers and ...

Women contribute at least half of total labor inputs in rice production in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa ... in the long run will elevate the status and lives of women particularly, women farmers. Asia ...

This is a huge victory for sustainable rice farming, especially smallholder rice farmers of Asia. This story starts in the 1990s, as I began to explore alternatives to traditional rice cultivation. I ...

MUMBAI - A new, stress-tolerant variety of rice can help boost yields and profits for farmers in areas prone to flooding, according to an expert from a leading rice research organization. In a lecture ...

In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan's western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than usual. The ...

Grow Asia hopes to catalyse $1bn in financing to smallholders across Asia by 2030. In the Vietnam pilot, rice farmers will be able to access affordable credit as well as help in building financial ...

Rice farmers in Thailand are enlisting these birds ... This integrated farming system is traditional here in Thailand and other Asian countries. Small-scale farms are common, and this way ...

The Philippines’ farm output dropped the most in nearly four years last quarter due to bad weather, showing a potential drag ...

Rice prices across major Asian hubs declined to their lowest in more than a year this week, pressured by slow demand and increased supply after top exporter India recently eased restrictions on ...

Although rice is a much more readily available grain for Asian consumers, Ms Yong said the demand indicated ... and said it was a great opportunity for himself and other farmers. "Oats have typically ...

On the contrary the Association of Rice Farmers have admitted to have sold ... Climate change problems in India and other Asian countries have limited access to rice for the over 150 countries ...

Chefs, cookbook authors, and Lundberg Family Farms weigh in. If you're a fan of Indian, Thai, other South and Southeast Asian ...