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Philippine rice production has largely stalled since 2017, widening the gap between domestic output and rising consumption, ...

India has achieved record total food production for the year 2024-25 compared to the previous year. This increase in ...

RICE production in the Philippines has largely stagnated since 2017, even as consumption continues to rise, leaving the country increasingly dependent on imports, according to a study by the Ateneo de ...

GEITA: IN Kasota, Geita, sunflower farmer and seamstress Monica Kazinza is among a growing group of smallholder farmers whose ...

Four years since Sri Lanka scrapped a rash fertiliser ban that triggered protests, decimated harvests and exacerbated its ...

As of 2022 alone, Filipinos were eating 2.3 million metric tons more rice than the country produced—an 18% shortfall that has ...

South Koreas Rice Production Declines Fourth Year in a Row Record Low Cultivation Area Spurs Shift to Alternative Crops ...

Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater ...

The Regional Climate-Resilient Rice Production Project (RICOWAS) has intensified efforts to strengthen climate change ...

At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a chance to get a kilo or so of Japanese rice for ...

Extreme flooding has led to a significant reduction in one of the world's most important food staples, according to new ...