We should have our own system and hybridisation of old agricultural methodology with new agriculture. In order to increase the contribution of agriculture to the GDP, we will have to develop micro and macro level agriculture. Under major irrigation schemes we are going to cultivate other vegetable and food crops, especially export oriented crops. We are thinking of having discussions with large scale wheat flour suppliers to incorporate rice flour and wheat flour to be mixed on the...

Risotto takes more hands-on preparation than most other rice dishes because the cook must attend to it from beginning to end, slowly stirring in the ingredients including the liquid, as the rice cooks. The high-starch kernels of this Italian-grown grain are shorter and fatter than any other short-grain rice, and its increased starch lends this classic dish its requisite creamy texture. Risotto, traditionally made from Arborio rice, resembles no other rice dish. This recipe creates a...

China agreed in January to accept rice from Japan on the condition that the product is milled and fumigated at plants that followed Beijing's guidelines. As the two governments reached the agreement, Japan hopes to increase its rice sales abroad and to revive its agricultural industry. China banned rice imports from Japan in 2003, when it revised its quarantine system. The views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of earthtimes.org and we accept no responsibility for the...

Instead, they shout slogans like IRRI, Out of Asia! and denounce the research body for introducing modern rice varieties that have systematically replaced traditional seeds. We are a plant-breeding research body that focuses on improving rice varieties and we have no influencing power on Asian governments to switch to high yielding varieties. They claimed the institute was a geo-political manoeuvre of the US government to quell the rise of communism in Asian countries where the majority of...

The main idea was to involve this Governmental institution in research on ecological farming systems and local Rice varieties. Farmers adopted those varieties and gained bumper crops for a few years but after that the yields fell down even lower than the local varieties because of many problems with the HYVs. The farmers of Sheikhupura had more than 4000 rice varieties in their hands and now they are have only five varieties to cultivate he said. Currently, some Adaptive Research Farms are...