As with cows, the problem is burps — lots and lots of tiny burps. Growing rice requires flooding fields, called paddies, with staggering quantities of water. Microbes known as archaea multiply ...

We used to grow our dinner staple in the city’s countryside, until farmers abandoned their paddies to find less back-breaking jobs with better pay. Recently though, homegrown rice has been ...

The Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, which came to an end on November 24, 2024, was the latest international art festival to bring cutting-edge contemporary art to a rural area of Japan. Held ...

It is a double whammy for the JVP; both rice consumers and paddy farmers are demanding that their competing interests be addressed. Rice growers are threatening to march on Colombo and stage what they ...

Paddy scientists say saline-alkaline stress has ... considered the state’s rice bowl. These districts account for 50 per cent of Karnataka’s total rice production.

Analysts at Africa Exchange (AFEX) have projected a 50% year-over-year rise in paddy rice prices for 2025, citing the likely effects of the 150-day import waiver on food commodities. This projection ...

The methane emitted by rice paddies is produced by microbes that break down organic compounds released from rice plant roots. Rice and other plants release these compounds, known as "root exudates ...

FOLLOWING their Telegraph Building show in Belfast last Christmas, The Tumbling Paddies have announced a return to the city for a headline show at the Ulster Hall this December. Originally formed ...

Abstract: Rice, cultivated in paddy fields, is one of the staple foods in the world, especially in Asia. In Indonesia, a substantial number of rice paddy fields have been converted into residential or ...