A worker in Coimbatore, India, collects methane emissions for a number of rice varieties during the trials in December 2024. - TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY
SINGAPORE: To mitigate the effects of rice cultivation on climate change and meet rising demand for rice, researchers in Singapore have come up with a way to grow it more sustainably.
An initiative by Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) called Decarbonising Rice aims to reduce methane emissions, conserve water and increase rice yields.
