Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or less commonly Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production (rice, 741.5 million tonnes in 2014), after sugarcane (1.9 billion tonnes) and maize (1.0 billion tonnes). Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important food crop with regard to human nutrition and …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English
“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …
Often called “wild rice” in English, it is not, in fact, a member of the rice family. Species of the … the genus Oryza, most often thought of as “paddy rice,” are morphologically different from Zizania2 MANOMIN … by in areas outside the Great Lakes. Like paddy rice, which has been traditionally farmed for centuries … Botanist Taylor Steeves explains that “not all of the rice on a given head ripened at one time, and different … narratives, which remain encoded in terms like “wild rice” and Zizania palustris, by celebrating Anishinaabe …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 29 October 2024 English
A collection of memories chronicling love, grief, and a life lived on and off stage Raised on a farm and educated in a prairie Bible school, Layne Coleman escapes the …
sensed that between the coleslaw and the coming Rice Krispies squares the bat- tle would not be won this …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English
“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …
her taste for small luxuries, like soft cotton. Rice, flour, and sugar used to be packaged in large … Vancouver for a while, working in a local senbei (rice cracker) shop during the day and taking English … drop our awkward loads. Except for the electric rice cooker, which eluded us at every store, we’d found … jumbo packs of nori, a twenty- pound bag of brown rice, ready- to- eat pho noo- dles, a lidded wok, a teapot … gifts he received over the years: fine silk and rice paper, sumi- e ink, oil paints, brushes, art boards …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 29 October 2024 English
Least developed countries (LDCs) need more investment in agriculture to increase their agricultural productivity and promote their food security. Existing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and flexibilities on agricultural domestic …
exceeded its Amber Box trade-distorting limit for rice in 2016, the latest year for which we have information … agricultural products of interest to LDCs, including rice, cotton, maize, and dairy.IISD.org 7 How Can World … 1 3 Leguminous vegetables6 2,373 1,2967 08 4 Rice 1,426 10,399 2,723 5 Cotton 1,339 1,566 4,439 Source: … Production- limiting subsidies (USD million) 1 Rice 31,977 10,399 2,723 2 Cassava 20,175 0 0 3 Maize … cotton is not the only product of interest to LDCs. Rice is another commodity that LDCs can produce and …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 October 2024 English
This policy brief argues that Canada's proposed oil and gas emissions cap is needed but cautions that some of the proposed compliance flexibilities may—instead of making the cap easier to …
emissions, like Switzerland’s investment in low-carbon rice cultivation in Ghana (DGB Group, 2023). Presumably … 2). Switzerland and Ghana sign a climate-friendly rice deal under Paris Agreement. https://www.green. … earth/news/switzerland-ghana-sign-1m-mt-co2-rice-deal-under- paris Environment and Climate Change Canada …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 October 2024 English
This brief debunks the popular myth that Canada should get credit toward its nationally determined contribution for its export of clean energy, specifically liquefied natural gas (LNG), under the Paris …
emissions, like Switzerland’s investment in low-carbon rice cultivation in Ghana, as well as payment for the … Article 6.2 deal, Switzerland is helping Ghanaian rice farmers adopt practices that both save water and … MADD Ghana – Alternative wetting and drying for rice cultivation. https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu …
NSP: New Society Publishers · 8 October 2024 English
Everyone's guide to using the power of science to produce healthier and tastier fruits and vegetables From garden to fork, Food Science for Gardeners is everyone's guide to optimizing the …
Percent protein Nuts 15 Pasta 5 Peas 5 Potato 3 Rice 11 Spinach 3 Yogurt 5 Percent Protein in Various … heavy metals in different amounts. For exam- ple, rice naturally absorbs more arsenic, lettuce and onions …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 8 October 2024 English
101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans. Do you know who was in the first on-screen nude scene in a Canadian feature film? Or which David Cronenberg …
engaged in conversation until the man (John C. Rice) leans into the woman (May Irwin, from Whitby, …
ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 25 September 2024 English
Now is the time to make sure that the post-diagnostic care pathway is optimised to the person needs and that the healthcare systems in each country are properly harnessed and …
on UN’s Sustainable Development Goals" (Houston: Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 24 September 2024 English
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and nimble as the tikling birds that waded in the rice fi elds of her home province. Nobody had to prod …