India develops climate-resilient, high-yielding rice varieties using genome editing technology, sparking debate on GM crops.

Before it gets to your table in a steaming dish, rice has to go through the mill. More specifically, the unprocessed rice ...

Recent biotechnological innovations like genome — editing in crop breeding are seen as major achievements to address the challenges of food security and also to reduce the burden of agriculture to ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, Natural Resources, and Livestock has set out eight strategic priorities for the 2025 ...

Global rice prices, which have tumbled to multi-year lows, are unlikely to fall further with top exporter India's currency ...

The main factor was a significant fall in the output of Pakistan's major crops. Cotton production, crucial for the textiles ...

The soaring price of rice was the biggest contributor to food inflation in March, followed by fish, vegetables, and fruits, according to a report released today (7 May) by the General Economics ...

Climate change, land use change and biodiversity loss are combining to drive an increase in agricultural pests and expansion ...

KUMAGAYA, Saitama Prefecture--Grappling with a rice shortage after extreme weather ravaged last year’s crop, Japan is hoping new heat-resistant varieties of its staple food can help stave off ...

India sets a record 354.64 MT foodgrain output target for 2025-26, driven by an 'above normal' monsoon forecast. Focus on ...

JAKARTA] Indonesia is set to stop importing rice this year for the first time in decades, thanks to surging production and ...