IN a quest to enhance the country’s rice yield, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is pinning hopes on new ...

As the USDA reports, rice is a primary food staple for more than half the world's population. So any breakthrough that ...

China pioneered hybrid rice, bred from two genetically distinct parents to achieve significantly higher yields. It created ...

The International Rice Research Institute (Irri) and its global partners have introduced new varieties of the Green ...

Rice is an affordable, convenient and nutritious staple in many households. It’s a simple, starchy side that spans various cultural cuisines. Plus, rice is easy to use in practically any meal, even ...

India has overtaken China to become the world’s largest rice producer with 150.18 million tonnes, as 184 new high-yield crop ...

There are thousands, perhaps as many as 40,000 or more, varieties of rice grown on every continent except Antarctica and is the most widely consumed grain in the world. Herbs work well in every one of ...

THROUGH the Variety Field Trials (VFT) implemented by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), new varieties of palay (unmilled rice) are expected to help improve the country’s harvest by 2027.

As a food staple for more than 3.5 billion people around the world, few foods are enjoyed as extensively as is rice. Italians use if for risotto, the Japanese use it for sushi, Americans use it for ...

After 20 years as a journalist, M J Prabu returned to his Tamil Nadu village to revive indigenous paddy varieties through ...

India exports both aromatic and long grain basmati and non-basmati varieties to over 140 countries, across Asia, the middle ...