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Just five nations account for more than three-quarters of the emissions of this potent greenhouse gas that stem from rice ...
Rice prices in North Korea — a crucial commodity that directly affects the daily lives of its people — have soared in recent ...
During the spring planting season, rice paddies in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province mirror sunset hues as farmers transplant seedlings.
A Chinese employee (R) of Wanbao rice farm talks with a local farmer in Xai-Xai City, Gaza Province, Mozambique, April 30, ...
We arrived five days past the best time to sow rice according to the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Farmers in black boots and large sun hats treaded knee-deep in the wet paddies as they quickly but ...
“Our results are very scary,” said Donming Wang, the ecological doctorate student at the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy ... Wading through rice paddies across the Yangtze Delta ...
But the way rice is grown—mostly submerged in paddies—and its highly porous texture means it can absorb unusually high levels of arsenic, a potent carcinogenic toxin that is especially ...