In Japan, the trends were more variable, but rice quality dropped between 1996 and 2010. When compared with climate records, ...

Some held large bundles of freshly cut rice, while others helped local women thresh rice, a process of loosening the edible part of the rice from the chaff to which it is attached."Despite the ...

Rice lodging, the bending or falling of crops caused by environmental factors like wind or rain, poses a substantial threat ...