KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of farmers and their families across Nepal celebrated an annual paddy festival by planting rice, splashing in the muddy fields and enjoying a special feast. The ...

National Paddy Planting Day or Dhan Diwas is a celebration across the country. It is an even bigger deal here in Pokhara Valley which grows some of Nepal’s most famous indigenous varieties of rice ...

NEW DELHI, June 7 (Reuters) - India has raised the price at which it will buy new-season common rice paddy from farmers by 7%, the trade minister said on Wednesday, the biggest increase in five years, ...

Khamaedthang farmers in Samdrup Jongkhar can now cultivate paddy twice a year. The completion of a new smart irrigation ...

Residents participate in a traditional farming event to plant rice seedlings at a paddy in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea, on May 30, 2025. (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome Your ...