Rice farmer Hwang Seong-yeol and four other South Korean growers have sued the state utility Korea Electric Power Corp. and ...

Global warming is leading to smaller yields and poorer quality in rice crops, according to new research that suggests rice harvests could decrease by up to 35% and quality by up to 85% compared to ...

This article is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, Borderless, Ensia, Grist, Planet Detroit, Sahan Journal and Wisconsin Watch, as well as the Guardian and Inside ...

Not a day goes by without the mainstream media attributing a disaster or problem, global and/or regional, to human-caused climate change. Claims that human greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for ...

Rice is a food staple for billions of people worldwide, with demand doubling over the past 50 years, and is predominantly grown in Asia before being exported globally. This crop is sensitive to ...

Food shortages are worsening, and although a more cooperative social and scientific vision offers hope, if the crisis is comprehensive and global, the measures to counter it must be as well ...

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

It is that time of the year again when farmers across the country are busy on flooded terraces, transplanting rice seedlings, sling mud, singing and dancing to folk tunes, and celebrating the occasion ...

Climate pressures reduce crop nutrients, affecting food quality and security. Innovative strategies are needed to ensure ...

Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England. Growing rice "has not been ...

Rice growing in the U.S. is today mostly associated with Arkansas or California and historically, the Lowcountry and Mississippi Delta. But this summer, Cornell Cooperative Extension launched what it ...