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The Ministry of Agriculture is developing new strains of rice that can save water and have higher yields as a solution to shortages and increasing prices in the marketplace, writes Mai Samih Rice is ...

Rice has so many culinary uses and it turns out that versatility goes beyond cooking. Here are some shockingly practical uses ...

As the world’s population rapidly increases, we’ve had to adjust our farming methods. One way we did this was by promoting high-yielding crops to make more food for more people. But is this a lasting ...

Scientists have pinpointed a gene that enables rice plants to produce around 20 percent more grain by increasing uptake of phosphorus, an important, but limited, plant nutrient. Scientists have ...