NOBEOKA, Miyazaki Prefecture--The backbreaking work of sowing and harvesting rice by hand could soon fall exclusively to drones and robots under an ambitious agricultural program taking shape here.

“Rice farming is a fundamental part of our culture ... conventional farming with chemical fertilizers and herbicides, sowing seeds directly in dry fields versus transplanting seedlings in ...

The Punjab government has advised farmers to refrain from early sowing of rice nursery till May 20 every year to break the enemy pests' life cycle so as to avoid hazardous impact on rice crop and ...

Rice is a pillar of Uzbekistan’s agriculture. But the climate crisis affecting the region’s two main rivers means that a ...

In the 1970s we led a project in Guangdong province to breed a new hybrid rice and helped improve its adaptability. We have successfully reproduced a new variety of rubber tree that can survive ...

On March 6, 2025, the China Aid Upland Rice and Juncao Technology Project director, Prof Lin Yingxing, visited the rice field ...

The exhibition being held as part of the multi-pronged event ‘Seed Stories’ will last till March 11 in Pune. The initiative ...

LAHORE: Welcoming the Punjab’s move to ban early sowing of rice nurseries or having two crops a season, the Agriculture Republic, a think tank, has highlighted that the order fails to address a ...

LAHORE: The Agriculture Department of Punjab on Tuesday clamped a complete ban on sowing rice nurseries in the province before 20th May to discourage the trend of early rice sowing and saving the ...

In Zambézia, there is a prospect of a good agricultural campaign in the Nicoadala district, with the emphasis on rice, a flagship crop. Nicoadala has 40,000 hectares of a total of nearly 42,000 ...

Egg-fried rice is a classic Chinese dish. Fast, easy and this one is also vegetarian. It’s a tasty way to use up leftovers, especially cold rice. Heat a wok until smoking and add half the ...