KLANG: In a bid to increase their yields, some rice farmers have resorted to buying hybrid seeds from China online despite ...

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world's population, but most farmers don't grow high-yielding varieties because the seeds are too expensive. Researchers from the University of ...

NAPIGEN, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in advanced gene-editing technologies, has received notification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirming that its gene-edited rice ...

Hector Tabbun, chief of the Research Division, said the project aimed to introduce and promote advanced rice cultivation technologies. He explained that the technology includes the use of hybrid seeds ...

Heirloom seeds, unlike hybrid seeds, are always open-pollinated, meaning they reproduce true to type, allowing gardeners to ...

Local farmers harvest rice at a high-yield hybrid rice demonstration field in Mahitsy, Madagascar, on May 8, 2024. To help ...

Its terms of reference included investigating the efficacy of hybrid rice seeds used during the sowing season, looking into the rice planting procedures and practices (especially sowing time ...

After a decade of stagnant stock performance, Kaveri Seeds has staged a strong comeback. The company, once heavily reliant on ...

Local farmers work for the China-Gambia agricultural technology cooperation project in Central River Division, Gambia, on ...