By 3500 BCE, it spread to Southeast Asia. Today, rice is a staple for 65 percent of India’s population. Its production, processing and trading is a major employer. There’s a wondrous variety ...

In the last millennia, some 110,000 varieties of rice developed in India alone! Broadly, however, India has large scale production of both white rice varietals and brown rice varietals. Today, rice is ...

Read on to know more about it. Senior officials have warned that climate change could cause India's rice and wheat production to decline by 6-10%, threatening affordable food access for millions. In ...