Smallholder farmers are the backbone of local rice production in Ghana. They produce more than 50% of the total, writes Selorm Yaotse Dorvlo of the University of Ghana. Rice has become a big part of ...

Hisar: The integrated paddy thresher machine with dryer, de-husker and polisher developed by the scientists of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) here has received a ...

The agriculture ministry has allocated 100 rice-planting machines to communities across 13 provinces. Distributed on September 13, the transplanters were a gift from former Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...

The country has the potential to increase rice production to 35 million tonnes annually and become a major exporter of the ...

Calbiga farmers’ days of backbreaking toil under the scorching sun could be coming to an end. The burdensome tasks of planting, harvesting, and hauling that could take weeks can now be completed in ...

Experts and farmer unions demand a consistent and science-backed policy on hybrid paddy rather than reactive bans and sudden ...

Rice has become a big part of Ghanaians' daily diet. The country consumes about 1.45 million tonnes a year - but produces only 987,000 tonnes, approximately 68% of that. Efforts to produce more rice ...