Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts ...

Rice cultivation is responsible for around 12% of global methane emissions, and these emissions are expected to increase with ...

Food processing factories in China's Henan serve growing, diverse markets (Voice_over) This is Tangyuan, a traditional Chinese glutinous rice ball. And a staggering 900 million of them are being sold ...

Chinese and Swedish researchers have developed a high-yield rice variety that emits up to 70 per cent less methane than normal rice after uncovering how chemicals released by rice roots influence ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

The taste of rice in China has improved over the past decade or so, Chinese researchers have discovered. Their findings indicate that increasing yields to meet food security does not have to come ...

Researchers say study highlights the importance of rice breeding and cultivation measures in the mitigation of global warming ...

Biosafety certificates for genetically modified (GM) rice and maize issued ... a key to addressing the country's growing demand for food. In early March, 120 Chinese scholars—mostly in the ...

SOUTH-EAST ASIA (Xinhua): Growing Chinese demand for durian is expected to drive export growth from Southeast Asian producers, according to BMI Country Risk and Industry Research. The Fitch ...

Later, Indians introduced rice cultivars which were aromatic and began growing under rain fed lowland ... People's Republic of China and other institutions. Dr Lamo and his team obtained the ...