A farmer walks on a rice field in Tarlac in this file photo. Rice planters would have to wait until the first quarter of next year for their free farm machines from the government as the budget ...

Varanasi: Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute - South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) have developed a tractor-operated dry and wet land weeder that can be operated using narrow ...

Ghana’s quest to reduce the importation of rice by increasing local production has received a major boost, following the purchase of 520 specialised rice tractors by government for onward distribution ...

Bayelsa State has procured modern milling equipment to increase the production and processing of rice in the state. Governor Douye Diri, who disclosed this on Thursday at this year’s World Food Day ...

The tractor was guided by GPS signals from the Quasi-Zenith Satellite as it passed over Australia during Monday night and yesterday morning. It achieved accuracy variation of just 20mm with a ­Yanmar ...

As many as 600 out of 900 major rice mills in the State have installed blending machines to produce fortified boiled rice out of paddy purchases made by mills in the ongoing rabi season. The mills ...

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is looking to set quality standards for machines that make fortified rice kernels, as the country aims to tackle malnutrition by stepping up efforts to provide ...

Smallholder farmers are the backbone of local rice production in Ghana. They produce more than 50% of the total, writes Selorm Yaotse Dorvlo of the University of Ghana. Rice has become a big part of ...