Rice farming, with intricate irrigation systems and tight-knit farming communities, has long been suspected of fostering collectivism. However, proving this theory requires navigating confounding ...

The country has the potential to increase rice production to 35 million tonnes annually and become a major exporter of the ...

Agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, employing over a third of the population, but unpredictable weather makes farming ...

Transforming paddy cultivation with water-saving AWD technique in Central Karnataka, reducing emissions and improving yields ...

A rice nursery in Gakonya village in Kiharu, Murang’a where farmers have transformed the former swampy area into rice fields using irrigation water fetched from Rutune river. [Boniface Gikandi, ...

Modern farming habits boosting yields today may quietly strip soils of their resilience, threatening long-term fertility and ...

In order for plants to survive, they need sun and water. Unfortunately sun will deplete readily available water for plants in arid or semi-arid climates. Water provides nutrients to a plant so it can ...

The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) said it has opened up 25,000 acres for sugarcane production in Bura under lease terms ...

AWD is a water-saving irrigation technique developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Instead of continuous flooding, fields are allowed to dry before being re-flooded. The farmer ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world with rice for generations but cause a ...

Over 100 local rice farmers have been trained on irrigation farming in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA). The programme is ...