Alarmingly, Pakistan’s evolving cropping patterns are increasingly dominated by water-intensive crops, particularly rice and sugarcane.

Rice fields on the outskirts of Sheikhupura, Pakistan. Saiyna Bashir for The Washington Post From the start, India and Pakistan quarreled over who had the best basmati, and who had rightful claim ...

The global rice market is in a boil with Vietnam and Pakistan cutting their prices sharply on slack demand and their currency’s value decreasing against the dollar, exporters and traders said.

LAHORE, Pakistan — Long before this land was part of a frontier between India and Pakistan, farmers here grew a precious long-grain rice that was coveted the world over. Basmati rice — the ...