The China-Africa Centre of Excellence will focus on livestock, crops, and fisheries, specifically on perennial rice, which allows farmers to achieve multiple harvests from a single planting.

click image for close-up The black worker in this picture could have been harvesting rice on Arthur Middleton's plantation, or one of many other rice plantations scattered throughout the ...

In a rice field of central China, some “large”-eyed creatures gathered for mating season. Something about the “crocodile”-like animals caught the attention of nearby scientists — and for good reason.

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's autumn grain harvest this year has received a boost from the "Heavenly Palace." At a crop breeding center in Shanghai, rice ears have turned yellow and fully ...

China has agreed to allow imports of rice from the US for the first time. The agreement gives US farmers access to the world's biggest rice consumer, with China importing about 5 million tonnes ...

PAKSE, Laos -- Chinese businessman Tao Jian spends an entire day navigating muddy roads on the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos, inspecting his durian empire of 50,000 trees. The area is nicknamed ...