Rice Production: Emerging Trends and Technology

Rice is one of the most widely grown crops in the world. A greater part of Asia, Africa and parts of Europe and Latin America depend on rice as a staple diet. It is also important from an economic perspective as it is considered a nutritional and affordable food in low and middle-income countries in the world. Progress in this field has been achieved by innovations in biotechnology, genetics, GPS, drone technology, and image sensing which are used to map and analyze farmlands, soil quality,...