This BusinessMirror file photo shows a farmer using a hand tractor to plow a rice field before planting seedlings In Tanay, Rizal. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization ...

When Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq assumed office in 2019, he believed that agriculture had the potential to transform the economy of the state and create jobs as well as ensure food security ...

Given this situation, Satake is focusing on promoting automation, labor-saving, and the conversion of tacit knowledge into ...

Matt Carr, the CEO and cofounder of Agsol, the company that designed Wanjiru’s mill, is here with me, visiting to get her ...

SINGAPORE: More than three months into the war on Iran, the aftershocks from disrupted Middle Eastern energy and shipping routes are being felt far beyond the oil market, from road construction sites ...

The carrots and lettuce that I had temporarily evacuated have now been given the all-clear. I thought the weather would clear up completely after the typhoon, but it has remained cloudy with light ...

Bangladesh has made significant progress in food fortification over the past decade. From fortified edible oil and iodised salt to fortified wheat flour and rice, much of the policy framework is ...

Scientists at CSIR – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, have developed a “designer rice”. NIIST is a premier interdisciplinary ...

Rough rice is the whole rice grain that is harvested from the rice plant. It includes the hull, which is the hard protective covering that accounts for 20% of the grain’s size. Also known as paddy ...