AS WITH all plants, rice needs water in order to thrive. However, when it comes to rice, the impression that most folk have of the plant is that it has to be grown in water at least knee-deep.

When determining how many plants to grow, consider that it takes approximately 10 plants to produce 1 pound of rice. Since each plant occupies only 1 foot of garden space, a 10-by-10-foot plot ...

Rice is a major staple crop around the world. Pexels. Today’s rice farmers must plant new seedlings every year, a process that requires time, energy and expensive inputs like fertilizer and ...