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New High-Yielding Perennial Rice Sees Sustainability Success Catalyzed by Global Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Approach

Salina, Kansas, USA, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 70% of the food calories that feed humanity come from annual grain crops, which occupy 60–80% of global croplands. But annual grain dominance may be changing. A study in the journal Nature Sustainability reports that a new high-yielding, long-lived perennial rice with significant environmental, economic, and social sustainability [...]

Rice Output Down 3 pct in 2022 on Bad Weather

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rice output fell 3 percent this year from a year earlier due to a sharp drop in precipitation and lack of sunny days, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice production came to 3.76 million tons this year, falling from 3.88 million tons tallied in 2021, according to [...]

S. Korea’s Total Rice Paddy Area Down in 2022

SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rice paddy area inched down 0.7 percent in 2022 from last year as farmers opted to grow other crops due to falling prices of the staple grain, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice cultivation area came to 727,158 hectares — slightly more than half the size of [...]

Rice Farmers’ Net Income Hits 20-year High in 2021

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Rice farmers in South Korea posted the largest net profit in 20 years in 2021 thanks mainly to favorable weather conditions, data showed Wednesday. Rice farmers’ net income reached some 502,000 won (US$414.2) per 1,000-square-meter paddy last year, up 13.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data [...]

S. Korea’s Arable Land Dips for 9th Year in 2021

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total arable land dropped for the ninth consecutive year in 2021 as rice paddies shrank amid falling consumption of rice, data showed Friday. The country’s arable land totaled 1.55 million hectares — slightly more than three times the size of the U.S. state of Delaware — as [...]

S. Korea’s Rice Consumption Hits Another Low in 2021

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ consumption of rice hit an all-time low in 2021, but the decreasing rate slowed on the back of a growing demand for home meals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Thursday. The average South Korean consumed 56.9 kilograms of rice last year, down 1.4 percent or 0.8 [...]

S. Korea’s 2021 Rice Output Rises for First Time in 6 Years

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rice output rose for the first time in six years due mainly to favorable weather conditions and an increase in the cultivation area, data showed Monday. The country’s rice production reached 3.88 million tons in 2021, up 10.7 percent from a record low of 3.51 million tons [...]

New Technology Uses Drones to Measure Acreage of Damaged Rice

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new technology has been developed that makes it easier to measure the acreage of rice plants that have been damaged due to rain or wind. The Korea Seed and Variety Service on Thursday demonstrated technology that can automatically measure the acreage of damaged rice plants using a drone [...]

South Jeolla Province Develops Typhoon-resistant Rice Cultivar

NAJU, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new cultivar of rice has been developed to better withstand the summer monsoon season, with distribution to farmers likely to begin soon. South Jeolla Province Agricultural Research and Extension Services is currently in the final stages of developing ‘Gangdaechan,’ a new variety of rice soon to replace the [...]

S. Koreans’ Consumption of Rice Hits All-time Low in 2020

SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ consumption of rice hit a record low in 2020, data showed Thursday, due mainly to changes in diet and eating habits. The average South Korean consumed 57.7 kilograms of rice in 2020, down 2.5 percent or 1.5 kilograms from the previous year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food [...]