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Rice cultivation uses 30-40% of world's freshwater and is responsible for 10% of planet-warming methane emissions - but more targeted irrigation could reduce those impacts ...

California's huge rice industry north of Sacramento, is so renowned, its rice is exported worldwide. But the drought is doing its damage to this crop that generates $5 billion in sales each year.

Grist reports that climate change is loading rice—the beloved grain that feeds more than half of the world's population—with increasing amounts of arsenic, creating a "scary" health burden.

Satish Kumar sits in front of his submerged rice paddy in India’s Haryana state, looking despairingly at his ruined crops. “I’ve suffered a tremendous loss,” said the third generation ...

For the common grade of rice paddy, the government has fixed the support, or guaranteed price at 2,369 rupees ($27.76) per 100 kg (220.46 lb), up from 2,300 rupees last year, Information and ...