Over 200 articles on rice crop management (rice agronomy) and rice crop improvement (plant breeding, including rice biotechnology) were received from rice scientists and researchers worldwide. Two papers, one from China and one from Japan, won the award

My father grows rice.

(e) In the Near East, the development of hybrid rice and water efficient rice integrated crop management systems.

(b) In Asia and the Pacific, the development of hybrid rice, rice biotechnology and rice integrated crop management systems as well as the diversification of the mono rice systems

Rice is grown in rainy regions.

In addition, 330 on farm demonstrations on improved rice production techniques were carried out by the Egyptian Rice Programme in rice producing areas of the country.

In recognition of the challenges of global rice production, FAO and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) joined forces in 1999 to focus international attention on the rice industry and its role in achieving global food security.

This is called mud wrestling in the rice fields.

These young ladies are living in a rice culture, but they know something that few people know in a rice culture.

(b) Global Scientific Contest The International Year of Rice Global Scientific Contest was coordinated with the invaluable support of IRRI.

The Liberian National Committee organized the International Year of Rice poetry contest, and in Burkina Faso, the International Year of Rice celebration took place in Bama in the rice growing province Houet.

The Asian Development Bank, in collaboration with its member countries and IRRI, celebrated the Year in November at its headquarters, with the participation of policymakers in the region.

AMSTERDAM In the Mekong Delta, farmers obtain 6 7 tons of rice per hectare in dry seasons and 4 5 tons per hectare in wet seasons, using fast maturing rice varieties that allow up to three consecutive yields annually. By contrast, West African rice farmers harvest only 1.5 tons per hectare of traditional upland rice annually, while other cereals yield no more than one ton a figure comparable to yields in medieval Europe.

阿姆斯特丹 在湄公河三角洲 农民在旱季能收获6 7吨的水稻公顷产量 雨季则为4 5吨 使用快速成熟稻种 每年可以收获三季 相反 西非稻农种植传统旱稻每年只能收获1.5吨的公顷产量 其他谷类产量更是不到一吨 与欧洲中世纪产量水平相当

Sometimes in rice we found incredible increases in yield when you mix different varieties of rice side by side.

In Malaysia, farmers' associations celebrated the Year with the launching of the 10 Tonne Club for rice farmers, while the Myanmar International Year of Rice Committee published three books Varieties of Rice, Rice Culture and Rice Research Activities.

National and international trade and book fairs were used as grounds for promoting rice marketing and nutrition, stimulating interest in various rice technologies, disseminating information to the general public and increasing awareness of the role and importance of rice as a staple food.

Production of paddy rice, the main staple crop, has increased by 20 per cent over the past two years but has reached only 50 per cent of the pre war level.

Furthermore, the land and water resources for rice production are diminishing, while the population is still growing steadily.

They're part of the rice cycle and these skills will be valuable for them in their future.

The Rice Cultivators' Association of Uruguay published a special issue on El Arroz en el Mundo to commemorate the Year.

(9) South South Cooperation for Contributing to Sustainable Development of Rice Production in Small Scale Extension Productive Systems

These facilities are available in various sectors of activity, and they operate differently from one sector to the next.

Rice Is Life was selected as the theme for the Year.

NERICA is a new rice type developed for WARDA especially for low input rice production in Africa.

As part of the International Year of Rice celebration, the Indonesian Rice Foundation published the book Rice Is Beautiful, while a Rice Week celebration was organized in July in West Java.

The Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) organized the third biennial regional rice research review for rice researchers from national research systems in sub Saharan Africa and participated in the National Rice Day in Côte d'Ivoire with the theme Celebrating the International Year of Rice in Africa .

(d) World Food Prize International Symposium The Department of State of the United States awarded the World Food Prize to Professor Yuan Longping for hybrid rice development and Dr. Monty P. Jones for NERICA rice development

The dissemination of NERICA varieties is expected to increase the rice production of Africa significantly, thereby replacing costly imports.

Proper cultivation and sustainable production of rice would significantly reduce poverty and environmental damage but the growth in production was declining owing to competing uses of land and water resources, reduced economic returns, high rates of post harvest losses, increasing labour shortages, institutional limitations and environmental pollution.

This is extraordinary. Because rice get this rice is known to have 38 thousand genes.

Possible examples in the agricultural sector include improved manure management, reduction of enteric fermentation, improved fertilizer usage or improved water management in rice cultivation.

Throughout the year, IRRI hosted or co hosted 15 regional and international conferences and workshops for delegates from some 36 countries.

The National Committee for the International Year of Rice in Senegal organized a workshop on The Situation of Rice Production and Plan of Action for 2004 and Beyond , while the Farmers' Rice Congress of the Gambia provided training activities to farmers to celebrate the Year.

(a) International Rice Conference at FAO (Rome) in February 2004 Over 500 policymakers, rice specialists and rice industry representatives from 90 countries presented their perspectives.

The government of Hunan Province of China organized the Huaihua International Forum of Hybrid Rice and World Food Security, attended by participants from 22 countries, while the Indian Council of Agricultural Research organized the International Symposium on Rice from the Green Revolution to Gene Revolution .

(d) In Latin America and the Caribbean, the development of rice integrated crop management systems and rice biotechnology

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The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

The pan African celebration of the Year was held in Accra with the theme Rice is Life for Africans .

This year promises a good harvest of rice.

(a) In Africa, the development of wetlands for the production of NERICA and improved rice varieties, and improvement of input accessibility

I was in Shanghai, in an office block built on what was a rice paddy five years ago one of the 2,500 skyscrapers they've built in Shanghai in the last 10 years.

The official ending date of the International Year of Rice was 31 December 2004, but for the billions of people who rely on rice for their lives and livelihoods, the positive effect of the year's activities will continue.

In Costa Rica, the rice industry took the traditional route of lobbying for protection. Though there was no market failure to remedy, the government obliged, introducing high import tariffs and subsidies for powerful local growers as a result, productivity declined.