Circle of Blue’s senior editor reports from the field, literally, as he ends his second week in the rice paddies of rural China. SHENYANG, China — The rice paddies start immediately beyond the borders ...

The shiny reflections found in these paddy fields are more than a pretty landscape scene — they represent an ancient agricultural legacy that is now responsible for producing one of the world's most ...

Beneficial microbes in the soil of rice paddies could be key allies in a collaborative project to build a circular agricultural economy in the celebrated rice-growing region of Niigata, Japan. By ...

Rice farming, with intricate irrigation systems and tight-knit farming communities, has long been suspected of fostering collectivism. However, proving this theory requires navigating confounding ...

For the fifth consecutive kharif cropping season, A Vijay Kumar from Dhulehole village in Harihar taluk of Central Karnataka, has managed to reduce the amount of water used for growing paddy. Since ...

Octogenarian B.K. Deva Rao, winner of Plant Genome Saviour Farmers’ Reward for 2020-21 and conservator of over 300 varieties of rice/paddy on Thursday asked farmers to save as many rice varieties by ...

Koreans have long relied on rice as their staple food. There is even a word, 'bap-shim,' which means the strength that comes from eating rice. So, when did rice cultivation first begin in Korea? The ...

Given a cursory glance, Koji and Susan Nakeo’s 10 acres in western Franklin County closely resembles its neighboring farmsteads — a gravel driveway off Indiana Road winds past and a mown lawn of green ...