The Birds-II

Hybrid seeds are multinational firms’ tool to monopolise agri markets

Policies should focus on farmer-centred seed production

Space savers

Hybrid gains

A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha

INDIA

Save our rice

HYBRID PADDY

VIETNAM

Poor harvest

Punjab farmers are reaping losses

Watered down

Regular draining of water from rice fields reduces methane emissions

The rural weather department

Folklore guides farmers about droughts and rains

Review of the website www.freerice.com

Water wise

India’s rice trade at risk in Red Sea attacks

India’s famed basmati rice variety is among the commodities hit by supply chain disruption caused by the Houthi attacks on the Red Sea

DNA test for Basmati

EU wants only authentic varieties; India stands to gain

Iron rice: Increasing diversity in diet is a better solution to anaemia than chemical fortification

Instead of fortification, the quality of diet should be improved, experts feel

A million snake bites

We are only beginning to understand snake bites better

Hybirds developed

Blight plight

New seeder

Grain drain

India wins the battle over basmati. But the war still continues

Rice row

US eyeing patent on Thai jasmine rice?

Friends for rice

Third generation of a benign fungus could boost yield

Treacherous Syngenta

The world's third largest seed company files patents for public-funded rice research

Rice does not need water

The system of rice intensification method shows how