04/28/2024 SOURCE: www.japantimes.co.jp
As Japan’s rice farmers prepare for a new planting season, many will be hoping that this summer brings a reprieve from 2023’s brutal weather conditions.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
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04/27/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com
Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide.
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
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04/25/2024 SOURCE: www.psypost.org
A recent study harnesses a unique historical situation in China, where individuals were quasi-randomly assigned to farm rice or wheat, uncovering evidence that rice farming promotes more collectivistic behavior compared to wheat farming.
A fascinating theory about the cultural influence of rice farming now has evidence of causality
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04/23/2024 SOURCE: phys.org
Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple food for many people, but rice production is challenged by climate change, making it critical to improve yield traits such as panicle number per unit area (PNpM2).
An AI-driven approach to enhancing rice yield prediction and selection
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04/22/2024 SOURCE: www.rappler.com
Cadiz takes the concept of green spaces one step further by converting a 105-square meter rooftop of one of over two dozen pavilions in a park into a rice paddy
Cadiz’s urban rooftop rice farming takes center stage in Negros Occidental
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04/16/2024 SOURCE: www.dw.com
All too often, farming in India is a debt trap. But zero budget farming doesn’t require credit or purchased inputs and is becoming increasingly widespread. We meet a farmer in Tamil Nadu who is successfully combining planting rice with fish farming.
Combining planting rice and fish farming in Tamil Nadu
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04/16/2024 SOURCE: www.eco-business.com
Genetic innovations and AI-driven tech can help mitigate climate risks for rice, says the International Rice Research Institute’s incoming chief.
Innovation ‘imperative’ for securing rice production
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04/14/2024 SOURCE: www.farmprogress.com
Arkansas, Stuttgart, Extension, Bob Scott, Mid-South, Delta
Bob Scott: Keeping the focus on rice is paramount
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04/11/2024 SOURCE: www.nature.com
Nature Communications - According to the rice theory, the demands of rice farming might make cultures more collectivistic. Here the authors provide evidence in support of this theory by showing...
People quasi-randomly assigned to farm rice are more collectivistic than people assigned to farm wheat
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04/09/2024 SOURCE: havanatimes.org
With Cuban agriculture continuing to disappoint, Beijing promised to send some 20,408 tons of rice to the Island throughout 2024.
China Will Send 1% of Cuba's Monthly Rice Need for April - Havana Times
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