Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?

If you enjoy trying foods with unique flavours, try experimenting with black or red rice varieties. Whatever the colour, all types of rice have a …

Dal-rice fusion

A rice by another name

Thailand threatens to take the US to the WTO for allowing a Texas-based company to use "jasmati" as a trademark for a variety of rice

Dharohar's dividends

Farmers and activists in Bastar reject high-yielding rice varieties to preserve traditional varieties

Was ethanol the reason for the ban on broken rice exports

A look at official data shows that the allocation of Food Corporation of India rice for ethanol was drastically increased in 2021-22, as compared …

Why Bangladesh sees golden rice as a threat

Following announcement by agriculture minister on cultivating golden rice within 3 months, farmers and environment groups call take out country-…

Seed crisis

Better than the best

Disease-resistant rice varieties that even have a good yield

Indian aroma in Thai rice

Better variety of a Thai flavouring plant in India

Villagers unite to conserve resources

The Academy of Development Sciences has brought tribals in the Konkan region of Maharashtra together to make efficient use of scarce resources.

What is rice fortification? Does India really need this Rs 2,700 crore per annum scheme?

There is more to food and nourishment than just rice

Floating fields

Rural folk can grow rice on lakes in Manipur

Ravenous climate

Global warming impacts rice yields

Study paves the way for new approach to boost rice yield  

The new development represents a new approach towards developing rice varieties that produce bigger and consequently heavier grains

Agriculture is linked with malaria in complex ways: evidence from 16 African countries

This is worrying because, currently, three branches of development are trying to achieve their goals in isolation

Rice goes against the grain

An Asian staple for over a millennium, rice has become important enough for the North to start raiding and patenting strains

Unhealthy levels of arsenic in water could exacerbate health concerns when used to boil rice

Rice, staple of over half of humanity, already has more arsenic than other grains; washing or boiling it with arsenic-contaminated water poses …

Rice Mapped

Throws open opportunities for better varieties

Grain gains

A new strain of rice keeps off weeds and trebles yeild

Rice wedding

RICE RIGOURS

PAKISTAN TO COMPLAIN

PAKISTAN RICE EXPORTS

New rice variety

Basmati patent