As the first rays of the morning sun spread across the village, an elderly farmer slowly walked toward his rice field. He stood quietly on the narrow earthen ridge, watching the morning breeze ripple through the emerald-green paddy. For a long moment, he said nothing. Then he reached...More

Kathmandu, Nepal. Marking the 23rd National Rice Day and Rice Planting Festival 2083 (2026), celebrated nationwide under the theme "Climate-Friendly Technology, Rice Self-Reliance, and Prosperity," the All Nepal Peasants Federation (ANPFa) has urged the government to take immediate and concrete measures to address the longstanding challenges faced by...More

Kathmandu. Comrade Prachanda, Convenor of the Nepali Communist Party, has extended his heartfelt greetings to farmers and all Nepalis on the occasion of National Rice Day and Paddy Planting Day 2083 (2026), urging the government to prioritize farmer-friendly policies and strengthen efforts toward agricultural self-reliance. In a message...More

Editor's Note: Staff from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening have arranged a giant flower basket with the words "Bless the Motherland" at Tiananmen Square. The basket is filled with flowers that symbolize good wishes and abundant harvest, such as rice, wheat, millet, yellow corn, and...More

Editor's Note: "When future historians write the chronicles of our time, a close-up story is likely to be China's targeted poverty alleviation," said Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of The Kuhn Foundation and recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal (2018), who has long been researching the poverty...More

Pyongyang. An organic farming with help of mud snails is widely introduced into farms of the DPRK. It is an advanced farming method that helps increase the grain output without using chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals in rice culture. According to an official concerned, this method has been applied...More