MORTARA, Italy -- The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the river Po Valley and jeopardizing the harvest of the premium rice used for risotto. Italy's largest ...

Soil tests in Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, have revealed dangerously high aluminium concentrations in paddy fields, posing a serious threat to crop health and productivity. Analyses of soil ...

In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root. "When I tell people what I'm doing here, they think I'm joking," says Nadine Mitschunas, the UK's first and ...

Kathmandu Valley, once known for its bumper harvests of rice, has seen declining production because urban expansion is devouring once fertile rice fields. There are still some terraces on the ...