#rice News
Food & Agriculture
From farmers to importers: how Filipino rice growing went wrong
In a nation of farmers, the Philippines is now importing more rice than any other, heaping poverty and debt on struggling sector.
Food & Agriculture
Coastal towns in Bangladesh give up shrimp farming for agriculture to combat salinity
The decades-long shrimp aquaculture on Bangladesh’s southwest coast, which negatively impacts the environment in many ways, including creating a freshwater crisis, is now losing its importance as the farmers are gradually inclining toward agriculture again.
Carbon & Climate
Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’
Levels of methane in the atmosphere have soared by record-breaking amounts since 2020, according to new research.
Food & Agriculture
Bali’s water temple priests guide a sustainable rice production system
Subak is an ancient rice irrigation system developed in line with the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, which holds that human well-being is maintained by balance between people, nature and the gods.
Food & Agriculture
Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world
Food & Agriculture
Oman's mountain oasis reveals climate-resilient agricultural practices
#rice Opinion
Food & Agriculture
La Niña: boon or bane for Southeast Asia’s food security?
The expected advent of the La Niña might portend a double-edged sword for affected regions.
Food & Agriculture
Vietnam’s rice land restrictions: Time for a rethink?
There is a case for relaxing Vietnam’s long-standing restrictions on the use of land meant for rice cultivation.
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr began his administration by vowing to prioritise clean energy and curbing climate disasters. Eco-Business scrutinises these pledges and asks what he must address to stay true to them.
Carbon & Climate
The key to future climate adaptation is to tap past knowledge
Climate-resilient agricultural knowledge has always been there among Indigenous groups, we just need to learn from them.
Carbon & Climate
How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?
Food & Agriculture
There's no time, or food, to waste
Food & Agriculture
Much of Asia still goes to bed unfed
#rice Press Releases
Singapore International Foundation
Singapore International Foundation launches first collaborative platform in Southeast Asia focusing on water-related climate adaptation
Asian Development Bank
ADB forecasts developing Asia’s economy to grow 4.9 per cent in 2024
