Global rice production nearly doubled between the 1960s and the 2010s, despite the negative impacts of climate change, according to a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The ...

Chinese scientists have made a major breakthrough in hybrid rice breeding with the development of “clonal hybrid rice,” which ...

Rice paddies represent some 10–12% of global methane emissions, largely due to conventional cultivation techniques.

India's new rice sale norms for ethanol production aim to achieve a 20% blending target while managing surplus stocks ...

Mymensingh, Bangladesh — New varieties of rice made using nuclear techniques have helped Bangladesh increase its rice production three-fold in the last few decades. This in turn has enabled the ...

A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety ...

Rice plays an extremely important part in the cuisine of Cuba and is the central ingredient of many of its national dishes. Cuba’s annual rice consumption is estimated as high as 60 kilograms per ...

Police say the accused allegedly ‘intended to divert the rice to a local rice mill and purchase cheaper rice for use in ethanol production, thereby causing direct financial loss to the Government’ ...