JOLANDA DI SAVOIA, Italy (AP) — An unusual pest is ravaging crops and irking farmers in northeastern Italy: the flamingo.

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

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Imagine standing in the middle of a dry, lifeless desert, gasping for air, when suddenly, you spot an astonishing sight—a ...

The average price of curry rice in Japan has hit its highest point in a decade, putting pressure on local restaurants.

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Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

Japan has spent decades encouraging farmers to grow less rice, afraid that oversupply could cause prices to collapse. But ...

In Ghana's Weta rice belt in the Volta Region, a quiet revolution is taking root--one that promises to redefine how rice is grown in our water-stressed, warming world. Through a pioneering ...

Duborskian rice, a Russian short-grained dryland, or “upland” rice, is a highly ornamental plant that can even be grown in containers, where its 2-foot-tall green and gold panicles will lend ...

Duborskian rice, a Russian short-grained dryland, or “upland” rice, is a highly ornamental plant that can even be grown in containers, where its 2-foot-tall green and gold panicles will lend ...