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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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 September 2024 English

A rice-based alcoholic drink travels miles, based on a memory

A rice-based alcoholic drink travels miles, based on a memory


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 June 2024 English

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has conducted Household Consumption Expenditure surveys (HCES) regularly since its inception in 1950. Data on household consumption was collected annually from 1950–51 to 1973-74. …

converted to curd, vegetables used for pickles, and rice used for making liquor etc. are recorded against Consequently, the value figures for (i) food items: Rice, Wheat/Atta, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Ragi, Barley Free Food Items Sl. No. item Sl. No. item 1 rice-free (061) 8 ragi-free (067) 2 wheat/atta-free imputed Item(s) considered for imputation rice-free (061) rice-other sources (102) wheat/atta-free (062) Consequently, the value figures for (i) food items: Rice, Wheat/Atta, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Ragi, Barley


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 May 2024 English

This research paper looks at the impact of urbanisation on lake systems in Bengaluru, with a focus on the vegetation growing in the lake and expansion of built-up areas in …

historically was used for the cultivation of paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.) and vegetables as well as for


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 April 2024 English

marked loss in diversity. To counter it, farmers in Tiruvanamalai are reviving traditional varieties of rice and promoting crops better suited to their rainfed lands

Tiruvanamalai are reviving traditional varieties of rice and promoting crops better suited to their rainfed


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English

IQAir, a Switzerland-based company working on air quality technology, released this report on March 19, 2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 …

agriculture.45,46 According to the World Bank, 80% of rice straw is burned in the Mekong Delta after harvest


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English

Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …

Diversify and decentralize public procurement scheme (rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, millets...); e. Promote


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 February 2024 English

factsheet presents a distinct set of MPCE estimates after imputing the value of consumed items – such as rice, wheat, salt, laptop, bicycle, etc. – received free of cost through social welfare programmes of the

Consequently, the value figures for (i) food items: Rice, Wheat/Atta, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Ragi, Barley


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 January 2024 English

year. The rice paper-wrapped delicacy that melts in the mouth is Andhra Pradesh's signature sweet, and is mostly made by women who do the skilled work of making the brittle and transparent rice sheets. They

received a GI (Geographical Indicator) last year. The rice paper-wrapped delicacy that melts in the mouth is skilled work of making the brittle and transparent rice sheets. They say the returns are just not sweet


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English

Becoming a Young Farmer with the subtitle Young People’s Pathways into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia is a collection of research papers published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2024 and …

1972 and 2017 387 Table 14.3 Tenure status of rice farmers, 1972 and 2017 387 Table 14.4 Indicators


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

had sprung up in the Padma between 1793 and 1827. Rice was being grown on them in large quantities. The grow mustard, opium, and, at the end of winter, rice. They would move farther away from the river before


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