In Cambodia, farmers have been learning a new way to grow rice that uses fewer seeds but results in greater yields—all of which translates into more income for their families. Some farmers like Khek ...

Postdoc Imtiyaz Khanday and Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan with cloned rice plants in a UC Davis greenhouse, December 2018. Khanday, Sundaresan and colleagues have solved the problem of propagating ...

Most rice varieties require a long, hot growing season. But farmers as far north as Maine are experimenting with short-season heirloom varieties from Japan. Arguably the world’s most important food ...