The area allocated to monsoon-sown rice crops has surged 47% from a year earlier to 3.5 million hectares (8.7 million acres) ...

“Dry climatic conditions are not suitable to commence sowing. Rice plants at the nurseries are not ready for transplantation as the sowing process is likely to start in another 10-12 days.

Per calorie, though, rice produces fewer emissions than most staple foods, including meat, fish, eggs, dairy, and even other grains like wheat and corn. And growing rice with SRI can cut those ...

Climate change brings other risks. You can no longer count on the monsoon season to start in May, as before. And so in dry years, farmers now rush to sow rice 10 to 30 days earlier than usual ...

BATHINDA, India — An Indian initiative to preserve vanishing groundwater by delaying the annual sowing of rice has led to a dramatic worsening of air pollution in New Delhi and the surrounding ...

ZAMA, JAPAN – American military community members experienced an integral part of Japanese (agri)culture by joining a rice-planting event June 1 in a locally owned rice field near the U.S. Army ...

And so in dry years, farmers now rush to sow rice 10 to 30 days earlier than usual, researchers have found. In coastal areas, many rotate between rice and shrimp, which like a bit of saltwater ...

After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai Kaeo-eam hurriedly cleared her fields and planted a new crop in late August — ignoring a Thai government advisory to restrict further sowing of ...

“There are no rains yet, and puddled sowing in the dry climatic conditions means a higher requirement of water. Farmers are in wait-and-watch mode before starting rice cultivation,” he said.