BEIJING -- China plans to expand its ratoon rice cultivation area by approximately 10 million mu (about 666,666 hectares) by 2030, as part of efforts to bolster food security, according to the ...

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BEIJING -- China plans to expand its ratoon rice cultivation area by approximately 10 million mu (about 666,666 hectares) by 2030, as part of efforts to bolster food security, according to the ...

A farmer harvests ratoon rice in a field in Shuangfeng County of Loudi City, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai) BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China plans to expand its ...

known as the ratoon, had started to emerge. “These fields are just like they would have been in the 17th or 18th century,” says Chalmers, 60, a fourth-generation rice farmer whose Lowcountry ...

He says Basmati has restored his faith in rice cultivation due to its demand and better prices. He also lauds Basmati for its ability to nurture ratoon, once the first crop is harvested.

The International Rice Research Institute said ratoon rice is produced from the second crop growing from the stubble after harvesting the main crop. “It can be ratooning or the use of inbred ...