“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.