Once known as Nepal’s granary, Madhesh Province is witnessing a steady decline in paddy cultivation. Recent data shows that ...

Sangita Swechcha interviewed Nepali writer and art promoter Nirmal Kumar Thapa to learn more about his work as a cultural ...

Have you ever wished for rain so badly you’d dance for it? Across the world, people have turned to inventive, touching, and sometimes downright wild rituals to beckon the rain from the stubborn skies.

Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can ...

Rice farming alone generates 1.5 per cent of greenhouse gases. New irrigation systems and the use of drones are among the tools to cut the amount of methane released into the atmosphere.

Farmers in Mangaldan, Pangasinan are now battling an unexpected increase of snails, which have swarmed newly planted rice seedlings after days of continuous rain.

Crafted entirely from rice plants, a monumental land artwork titled “Carp leaping over the dragon gate” is set to become a striking new draw for visitors to Ninh Binh. The artwork spans 10,000 square ...

Completed in 2020 in Jiaxing, China. Images by Liwei Yang, Weijie Lu. Featuring the time-honored rice-growing farmland, the Tanjiawan in Wuzhen is regarded as one of the Majiabang cultural sites ...

Witness the process how rice goes from the field to your dinner plate? In this video, we take you through the fascinating industrial process of rice production. Starting with the harvesting of ...

Pokkali rice farmers demand district takeover of flooded fields; monitoring committees formed to protect rice cultivation.

In 1991, the state of California largely banned burning of rice straw after harvest, and farmers turned instead to winter flooding of fields to break down straw. As a result, wildlife has flourished ...