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Paddy rice is a staple crop for much of the world’s population. It is also a key source of the greenhouse gas methane, responsible for about 40 million tonnes, or 10% of global emissions , each year...

The majority of methane emissions from agriculture comes from paddy rice production and livestock. Countries with large agricultural sectors, like Vietnam, are faced with the challenge to develop...

For rice growing countries such as Bangladesh, the methane produced by rice paddies is a significant portion of their total greenhouse gas emissions. Growing rice in flooded paddies produces methane...

Vietnam harvests approximately 7.4 million hectares of rice a year. Methane emissions from rice production account for 50% of emissions from agriculture, which in turn contributes 33% of the country’...