The global rice market in the last two years has been a rollercoaster driven mostly by India’s export restrictions and, since October of last year, by its massive rice crop. India’s production ...

Indonesia is set to stop importing rice this year for the first time in decades, thanks to surging production and stockpiles in one of the world’s top growers of the staple food. “Domestic ...

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When soil in a rice paddy is waterlogged, oxygen gets depleted, causing the soil bacteria to rely further on arsenic to generate energy. The end result is more arsenic building up in the rice ...

If you want to also take images published in this story you will need to confirm ... may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, potentially raising lifetime health risks for consumers, ...

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for millions across Asia, reveals a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Vice President and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has assured rice farmers in Region Two that steps will be taken to assist them with the struggle to find ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka could very easily be self-sufficient in rice. Paddy cultivation is an essential sector like energy as this is the staple food of the whole country. The Government should engage in ...

There is an abundance of historical data available on the extent of land cultivation and the amount of paddy harvested based on well-established yields per unit area. Separate sets of statistics cover ...

SUBANG, Indonesia -- In a quiet rice paddy two hours' drive southeast from Jakarta sits an outwardly unassuming facility whose backers hope offers the key to achieving one of Prabowo Subianto's ...