a research team in Japan aims to create a functional compost tailor-made for rice cultivation. Applying this microbe-rich compost to paddy fields could maximize yield, while reducing the need for ...

The prefecture is called “the Land of Sunshine” because of its pleasant climate, but farmers working among the paddy fields and ancient rice ... Japan sees hotter summers. The strain also ...

“Rice farming is a fundamental part of our culture in Japan. Niigata prefecture has one of the biggest areas of paddy fields ... From the fields, they scooped up soil to analyse the effect ...