The international Healthy Crops consortium has developed an innovative strategy to combat the disease bacterial blight (for short: BB) in rice using genome editing technology. If approved for use by ...

In a bid to revitalise rice production and reduce dependence on imports, the Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL) has ...

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By Mongabay.com Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their ...

Though none of them had prior farming experience, Mr. Ajithkumar says the sight of once-thriving fields – cultivated by their ...

After elephants killed two people recently, the Archeparchy of Changanassery issued a circular emphasising how “daily life is ...

Kerala often looks up to Scandinavian countries as model welfare states but ignores the fact that, in countries like Norway ...

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Studies highlight the importance of wild edible greens along organic paddy fields to support nutritional and medicinal needs.

International demand for basmati rice is forecast to double over the next few years. But farmers and connoisseurs say ...

Kerala Government launches scheme to boost high-tech horticulture, aiming to increase vegetable production and promote ...

"It is a routine," Murali, 51, told AFP at his farm in the southern state of Karnataka. "Like praying to God every day." Much ...