{"id":218515,"date":"2026-05-22T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:15:10","slug":"rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice feeds billions of people \u2013 but its role in fueling climate change is growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing-279449\">Rice feeds billions of people \u2013 but its role in fueling climate change is growing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing-279449\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing-279449<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 05:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rice cultivation is crucial for feeding over half the world, with fields extensively spread across nations like China and India.<\/li>\n<li>Greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddies have doubled since the 1960s, accounting for significant climate change impact, roughly equal to the emissions of 239 million cars annually, making it the second largest agricultural emissions source globally.<\/li>\n<li>Rice emissions have increased due to both the expansion of cultivation areas and the intensification of farming practices, including more fertilizer use and better productivity techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Mitigation strategies exist that can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from rice by about 10% by mid-century without impacting yields. However, further reductions are necessary for significant climate change mitigation.<\/li>\n<li>Effective mitigation includes moderate residue use, water management through intermittent flooding, and reducing fertilizer overapplication. Despite their regional differences, improved management practices present pathways to lessen emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Achieving larger emission reductions will require tailored advice for farmers on organic amendments and the development of new, effective low-emission methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice feeds billions of people \u2013 but its role in fueling climate change is growing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/726809\/original\/file-20260328-57-41harq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C169%2C2300%2C1150&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218519,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218515\/revisions\/218519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}