How India`s rice production can adapt to climate change challenges
(WorldNews Environment)

As the global population grows, the demand for food increases while arable land shrinks. A new University of Illinois study investigates how rice production in India can meet future needs by adapting to changing climate conditions and water availability. `Rice is the primary crop in India, China, and other countries in Southeast Asia. Rice consumption is also growing in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world,` says Prasanta Kalita, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at U of I and lead author on the study. `If you look at where they traditionally grow rice, it is countries that have plenty of water, or at least they used to. They have tropical weather with...