“We hope to change the mindset of farmers and also the public so that they recognize the significance of Japanese culture around paddy fields and rice cultivation,” says Ichihashi. A wealth of ...

This is supported by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency ... who are characterizing microbial communities in rice paddy soils in the Niigata region using next-generation DNA sequencing ...

At least a fifth of rice farms have reported a drop in quality ... Farming ministry data show that only around 15% of Japanese paddy fields have adopted heat resistance variants.

The prices of paddy and rice bought for exports have plunged by ... In An Giang Province, the IR 504 variety is selling for VND7,200-7,350 and Japanese J02 for VND7,800-8,000.