The work is backbreaking and relentless, and in Japan and other Asian countries where farmers tend terraced paddies, it is also muddy. Paddy rice is irrigated by water diverted from rivers and ...

The craft flew over a 1000-square-meter rice paddy, scattering seeds treated beforehand ... Alarmed by the prospect of Japan’s agriculture vanishing, Takamoto decided to join hands with Nobeoka ...

An agriculture ministry report released in July showed paddy rice yields in Japan are projected to decline about 20% by 2100 compared to the previous century. The ministry said shifting to high ...

Beneficial microbes in the soil of rice paddies could be key allies in a collaborative project to build a circular agricultural economy in the celebrated rice-growing region of Niigata, Japan.

In a rice field in Niigata prefecture, Japan, a small robot trundles along on big orange wheels, navigating a ridge edging the paddy while hacking away at weeds. This compact machine’s work is ...

The Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, which came to an end on November 24, 2024, was the latest international art festival to bring cutting-edge contemporary art to a rural area of Japan.

Rice is cultivated all over the world in fields known as rice paddies and it is one of the ... between hackerfarm and Digital Garage in Japan. I was contacted by one of the heads of FutureLab ...

Toyota's plans to build a new technical center and test track only 30 miles from its Aichi, Japan headquarters has ... to deforest 691 acres, fill the rice paddies and flatten mountains.