Chinese farming specialist Yang Xiugang helped farmers in Nigeria triple rice yields with his techniques and was given round-the-clock protection by the country's police force.

In a mountain village in south-west China, the local people are playing a guessing game. A new climate-friendly way of growing rice is being trialed here that will reduce methane emissions. So, what’s ...

A young man drives a harvester through a rice field. Slow down, a farmer chides him. But he zooms on—then gets stuck in the mud. Welcome to “Become a Farmer”, the hit reality-TV programme on iQIYI, a ...