Ventria Bioscience, a California-based company, is seeking U.S. Department of Agriculture approval to plant more than 3,000 acres of the genetically altered rice in fields near Junction City.

The City Agriculturist Office of Davao City reveals that the city's rice production is far from self-sufficient, prompting a call for increased local production and responsible consumption.

Rose Nekesa's rice field in western Kenya has been invaded by huge swarms of the voracious red-billed quelea bird. Thousands of farmers like her near the lakeside city of Kisumu fear they will ...