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No spike in food inflation likely as bumper wheat and rice production ensures stable supply, says Food Secretary. April 2025 ...
Two experts predict what the food of the future would look like – if they're right, you could be eating dishes that grew on ...
A group of experts cautions that the lack of specific rules for genome-edited crops may hurt transparency, while the ...
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 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 ...
floating rice is the only food crop that farmers can grow in these areas, but the tall varieties found there are low yielding … [F]loating varieties have developed genetic mechanisms that allow ...
India develops climate-resilient, high-yielding rice varieties using genome editing technology, sparking debate on GM crops.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced that the zone-wise cultivation of the paddy crop will start from June 1 ...
Climate change, land use change and biodiversity loss are combining to drive an increase in agricultural pests and expansion ...
Before it gets to your table in a steaming dish, rice has to go through the mill. More specifically, the unprocessed rice ...
Global rice prices, which have tumbled to multi-year lows, are unlikely to fall further with top exporter India's currency ...