Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their nutritional and medicinal properties. But these “weeds” are rapidly disappearing. To revive ...

A soil-borne organism that devastates crop roots across the world is undermining efforts of rice farmers in India, particularly those using water-saving cultivation methods. An ancient gene in wild ...

BATHINDA, India — An Indian initiative to preserve vanishing groundwater by delaying the annual sowing of rice has led to a dramatic worsening of air pollution in New Delhi and the surrounding region, ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - When India overtook China as the world's largest producer of rice this year, the country's politicians and agriculture lobby marked the moment by praising resilient ...

Can rice be grown without transplanting seedlings? Why are more farmers turning to Direct Seeded Rice (DSR)? What are its ...