A few generations ago, the phrase “when the eastern forest disappears” was Madagascar’s equivalent of “when pigs fly”. That forest once stretched the entire length of the island’s east coast, some ...

Ran Singh, a farmer from Haryana’s Sirsa district, reached the Rodi grain market on 1 October with his harvest of paddy. For ...

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Standing tall and swaying their heads weighed down by plump rice grains in the knee-deep waters of Ezhikkara is a special ...

Cambridgeshire is probably not the first location you would think when wondering where rice comes from but newly created ...

In 2022, a broker approached Sethumadhavan’s family, who own seven acres in Elappully in Palakkad district in Kerala. The ...

Agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, employing over a third of the population, but unpredictable weather makes farming ...

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Breeding rice for low-methane traits could help farmers fight climate change without sacrificing yield or fertilizer ...