Rice is a popular pantry staple across the globe, but there are so many varieties to choose from. Here's how to pick the right type for your dish.

CR Dhan 310, India’s first high-protein biofortified rice from ICAR-NRRI, is helping farmers and scientists tackle hidden hunger through a daily staple.

The new conventional medium-grain and long-grain rice varieties developed by Arkansas researchers to achieve increased yield potential are proving popular with seed growers. Taurus, the new ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population, yet we still only partly understand the nutrients it contains. More than 85% of the rice we eat is composed of starch, though it also contains some ...

The Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station said it has developed three new rice cultivars that need less water and can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions thanks to their ...

Chef JJ Johnson owns Fieldtrip, a rice-focused eatery in Harlem, New York, and is obsessed with heirloom and heritage rice varieties. But he wasn’t always a fan of rice. “My first memories of rice are ...

Bangladeshi farmers overwhelmingly cultivate rice using the BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties developed by the government, despite the availability of more than 100 alternative varieties, some of them ...

WITH farmers confronting more frequent dry spells and other erratic weather patterns, the Government of Guyana has been promoting more climate-smart ...

Bangladesh is now the world’s third-largest rice producer, with output rising from 10.9 million metric tons in 1971 to 42.0 million metric tons in 2022. Despite the abundance of the staple crop, ...

Pakistan highlighted the growing potential of its rice exports to Japan during the international food and beverage exhibition FOODEX Japan 2026, held at Tokyo Big Sight from March 10 to 13.