shot gun firing twice) Many of the vast pine forests adjoining the rice fields were bought by timber companies. several private plantations have replanted stands of longleaf pine, the valuable ...

such as farmers switching from rice to banana and areca nut plantations for better economic returns, is also impacting rice field-related flora. This in turn affects the Indigenous communities ...

BEIJING -- China plans to expand its ratoon rice cultivation area by approximately 10 million mu (about 666,666 hectares) by 2030, as part of efforts to bolster food security, according to the ...