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	Rice - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Rice paddies are an important habitat for birds such as herons and warblers, and a wide range of amphibians and snakes.
		Japanese mochi rice and Chinese sticky rice are short-grain.
		Rice was chosen as a model organism for the biology of grasses because of its relatively small genome (~430 megabase pairs).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Rice (2131 words)

	Wild Rice
		Wild rice is a nutritional grain that serves as a substitute for potatoes or rice, and is used in a wide variety of foods such as dressings, casseroles, soups, salads, and desserts.
		Wild rice may be planted by using a bulk-fertilizer spreader to broadcast the seed, which is followed by using a disk or harrow to incorporate it to a depth of 1 to 2 in.
		Wild rice does not have the ability to obtain sufficient iron in non-flooded soils and iron availability is one of the major reasons wild rice must be grown in flooded soils.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/afcm/wildrice.html (9267 words)

	The Asia Rice Foundation: Korea Rice Articles
		The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) plans to reduce the area of rice paddies by about 12 percent by 2005 as part of measures to restructure the rice market, which is due to be opened in 2004.
		Rice fields will be cut from 1,083,000 hectares last year to 953,000 hectares by 2005, the ministry said yesterday.
		It is a priority for the government to reduce the size of rice paddies and at the same time to hone the competitiveness of the sector by boosting the quality of rice, according to analysts.
	www.asiarice.org /sections/whatsnew/Korea6.html (484 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO FISH CULTURE
		Wild fish enter the paddy during flooding and are captured at the end of the rice growing season.
		Rice yield per area is usually reduced because paddy area used for trenches is not planted with rice.
		Because rice paddies may be irrigated from a common water supply, it is difficult to ensure that water used to supply the paddy will be pesticide-free.
	www.ag.auburn.edu /fish/icaae/introrice.htm (2147 words)

	UC Irvine study determines levels of ozone-depleting gases emitted by rice paddies into atmosphere
		After monitoring the methyl halide gases emitted from a rice paddy in Maxwell, Calif., over two planting seasons in 1998 and 1999, the UCI team calculated that worldwide rice farming contributes 1 percent of the methyl bromide and 5 percent of the methyl iodide to atmospheric totals.
		In addition, Cicerone took air samples from rice paddies in Texas and Japan in 1997 and 1998 during selected phases of plant growth and harvest, and in comparing data with the Maxwell study, found that halide and organic differences in various soils influence emission amounts.
		Rice paddies also are a significant contributor of methane, a greenhouse gas, which forms in soil pores and is passed into the air through the rice plant.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2000-11/UoCI-UIsd-0111100.php (828 words)

	Rice Paddies - Davis Wiki
		Although rice paddies more often invoke images of southeast Asia than California, this agricultural endeavor is running strong in in Central California.
		California is the second most important rice state within the United States, producing about 20% of the nation's crop in a typical year, mainly high-quality, medium grain japonica rice that is favored in Northeast Asia and in parts of the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
		To many cultures, rice is such an important food source that its origin and/or brand is extremely important, and California rice is quite highly esteemed in parts of Asia.
	daviswiki.org /Rice_20Paddies (459 words)

	Visiting the Konriko Rice Plant, New Iberia, LA
		The crawfish naturally grow and thrive in the rice paddies, all a grower need do is leave the paddy alone then harvest the "mudbugs" when the time is right.
		Rice is graded by the amount of broken grains - less broken grains equals a better grade of rice.
		If you think rice is rice, and there's not much difference from one variety to the next, you should rethink that philosophy.
	www.fabulousfoods.com /features/konriko/konriko.html (763 words)

	Rice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rice is two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southern and southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans
		Rice is a dietary staple for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East and Southeast Asia, making it the most consumed cereal grain.
		Terrace of rice paddies in Yunnan Province, southern China.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rice (3173 words)

	12.19.02 - Shifts in Rice Farming Practices in China Reduce Greenhouse Gas Methane
		Changes to farming practices in rice paddies in China may have led to a decrease in methane emissions, and an observed decline in the rate that methane has entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the last 20 years, a NASA-funded study finds.
		Methane is produced by soil microbes in paddy soils under anaerobic conditions, or in the absence of air or free oxygen.
		Demand for rice in Asia is projected to increase by 70 percent over the next 30 years, and agriculture currently accounts for about 86 percent of total water consumption in Asia, according to a recent report from the International Rice Research Institute.
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /topstory/2002/1204paddies.html (932 words)

	CUBA: Small Rice Paddies Produce Big Results
		More than 130,000 hectares are already planted with rice as a result of the initiative, and is expected to increase with the incorporation of fallow farmland and the sugarcane fields that have been abandoned since the restructuring of the socialist-run country's sugar industry in 2002.
		Another 30,000 hectares of rice belong to public entities that benefit from strong infrastructure but are lacking in the organisation necessary to improve yields and reduce costs.
		Prior to 1990, rice production in Cuba was in the hands of four giant complexes whose operations were only possible as a result of high energy consumption for irrigation and machinery, and intensive use of chemical herbicides and fertilisers.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=22907 (769 words)

	IYR 2004: Rice and us: Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Due to the continued presence of fresh water, wetland rice fields are habitat for a wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic organisms.
		Rice bran (a by-product of rice milling) and low-quality and surplus rice grains also provide feed supplements for livestock.
		Rice fields also host many natural enemies or predators, which provide a mechanism to control harmful insects and pests, thus reducing the need for pesticides.
	www.fao.org /rice2004/en/rice3.htm?events_id=4 (379 words)

	Wikinfo \| Rice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Rice cultivation is well suited to poor countries, as it is very labor-intensive but can be grown practically anywhere plenty of water is available for irrigation, even on steep hillsides.
		Specific rice dishes include risotto, paella, sushi, pilaf, and the Indonesian rice table.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Rice (645 words)

	Growing Rice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		That wonderful staple of the Japanese diet, rice, shiroi gohan, was grown in paddies at the bottom of the hill.
		I was told that this was one of the few places on Hokkaido that rice could be grown due to differences in topography and soil.
		But no...those were rice paddies which were soon flooded with water then a wide board was towed over a paddy by a horse, the farmer holding to the reins and balancing on the moving board behind.
	po8.com /det45/Rice.htm (843 words)

	Tirta Gangga's Rice Paddies
		The village of Tirta Gangga in eastern Bali (see map) is home to some of the most beautiful rice paddies in Bali.
		Rice paddies are at their prettiest early in the morning.
		A view of the rice paddies from a hill north of the village.
	www.edwebproject.org /bali/gallery/tirtagangga.html (379 words)

	Recent Presentations
		Methane Emission from Rice Paddy: IGAC Foci (keynote address), All Asian Workshop-Cum-Training Course on Methane Emission Studies, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, September 20-24, 1993.
		Convenor, The NASA Workshop on Regional Assessment of Tracegas Emissions from Rice Fields of China, Rice University, November 7-9, 1995.
		Cicerone, R. "Spatial and temporal variability in methane emissions from rice paddies: Implications for assessing regional methane budgets", Workshop on GHG Emissions from Rice Fields in Asia, Chinese Academy of Science Soil Science Laboratory, Nanjing, China, Feb. 26, 2001.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~sass/RecentPresentations.html (1660 words)

	Rice paddies proposed as Cuban IBAs
		Two rice paddies with neighbouring coastal areas are unusual candidates among the Important Bird Areas (IBAs) proposed for Cuba.
		However, in Cuba, rice cultivation goes through a wet and dry cycle, and since rice is grown constantly over large expanses, there are always fields in varying stages of flooding and draining, leading to high levels of vertebrate and invertebrate biodiversity.
		It encompasses the Sur del Jíbaro, one of the country's most important rice paddies and a place widely held to host large concentrations of aquatic birds.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2006/01/cuba_ibas.html (424 words)

	Simple Method Found to Vastly Increase Crop Yields
		Rice blast fungus, which destroys millions of tons of rice and costs
		growth of the fungal rice blast in the sticky rice plants.
		rice paddies, in natural ecosystems, when there is a greater diversity of
	www.organicconsumers.org /Organic/ricedoubles.cfm (1207 words)

	Java Rice Finch - Birds
		The Java Rice Finch is a very pretty bird and one of the larger finches you will find.
		This bird originates from southern Asia, where they are pests in the rice paddies.
		The normal wild coloured Java Rice Finch has a red beak, fl top of head and tail, large white cheek patches, grey back and top of breast with pink tinged into the grey on the lower breast.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art5505.asp (348 words)

	Forest, Fire, and rice paddies
		Walking through the rice paddies was also a highlight.
		After hiking for about an hour we stopped at a small restaurant in the middle of a rice paddy.
		We were sure we had found a treasure of a restaurant, since we were the only people there, and it looked as if they did not have much traffic ever.
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Ubud/blog-12013.html (1128 words)

	Rice Paddies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Now when someone tells you "bettas like small amounts of water," and that "they live in puddles in the wild" you will have something to say.
		I also have a link on building a terraced rice paddy.
		Notice the first requirement is a year-around water source.
	www.bettadreams.com /ricepaddies.html (66 words)

	Providing farmers and communities in the tropics with long-term assistance implementing environmentally and ...
		SHI has helped farmers living near the Panama Canal discover that when they grow rice in paddies instead of using slash-and-burn practices, they are able to improve their rice yields by 400% to 800% without having to cut down more forest.
		In addition to greatly improving family income and reducing deforestation, these paddies provide a wonderful ecosystem where fish can be raised with the rice.
		The fish eat weeds and pests while naturally fertilizing the rice crop.
	www.sustainableharvest.org /RicePaddies.cfm (123 words)

	ScienceDaily: Shifts In Rice Farming Practices In China Reduce Greenhouse Gas Methane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When the two model runs were compared, the researchers found that methane emissions from China's paddy fields were reduced over that time period by about 40 percent, or by 5 million metric tons per year-an amount roughly equivalent to the decrease in the rate of growth of total global methane emissions.
		Control Of Methane Emissions Would Reduce Both Global Warming And Air Pollution, Researchers Find (October 10, 2002) -- Both air pollution and global warming could be reduced by controlling emissions of methane gas, according to a new study by scientists at Harvard University, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the...
		UC Irvine Study Determines Levels Of Ozone-Depleting Gases Emitted By Rice Paddies Into Atmosphere (November 3, 2000) -- A UC Irvine study has determined that the world's rice paddies emit a small but significant amount of methyl halide gases that contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion, suggesting that...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2002/12/021220074643.htm (2050 words)

	Apple Hot Pads
		Our Rice Paddies - Scented Hot Pads will protect your furniture and countertops from hot pots and pans.
		They are made from 100% cotton fabrics and filled with scented, uncooked rice.
		The Specialty Rice Paddies (Apples, Pumpkins, Coffee Pots and Sweethearts) also have a layer of heat-resistant batting inside to help the Rice Paddies to lay more evenly due to their shapes.
	taterberrycottage.com /kitchen/hot-pad-apple.html (170 words)

	kitchen-medium rectangle rice paddies
		Our medium rectangle rice paddies are perfect to protect your tabletop from most pans and baking dishes.
		The rice inside is available in either unscented or your choice of
		When something warm is placed on them they release their fragrance.
	taterberrycottage.com /kitchen/hot-pads-med-rectangle.html (188 words)

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