Rice: giving life
The United Nations has declared 2004 to be the International Year of Rice. The motto for the International Year of Rice is 'rice is life'. Rice is the staple food for half of the world's population. It is not only the major source of nutrition for billions of people throughout the world but is the source of livelihood for hundreds of millions of households throughout the developing (majority) countries of Asia, Africa and the Americas. As the population of the world continues to increase, the demand for foods such as rice also increases.

Rice Yields Falling
Rice is the staple food for over half over the world's population but the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that rice yields are falling behind population growth. Food Navigator

Big Companies Controlling Future of Rice
Food experts warn that European and American corporations are taking control of rice and using 'unfair ' patents and genetic modification. Asia Times

Rice Producers win World Food Prize
Scientists from China and Sierra Leone, whose developments in producing high-yield rice have helped improve the food security of millions of people in Asia and Africa, have won the World Food Prize. Washington Times

The Meaning of Rice
Explore the importance of rice to the people of Madagascar: the legend of rice, its production, how pests are kept away and selling rice at the market. Other features at this site provide a photographic journey of the importance of women in production of rice worldwide and the story of how a grain of rice makes it from the field to the table. Riceworld

Rice and Poverty Alleviation
Publicly funded rice research is the key to alleviating poverty in rural communities in Asia. The link between rice production, poverty, instability and terrorism is real. Online Opinion

Riceweb
A comprehensive site on all the facts and figures related to rice, its history, production, where it grows and rice environments. Recipes for a large number of rice varieties are also available to try.

Thai prayer before meal
'All of us who eat rice for our daily living should be grateful to the efforts of the farmers who work so hard for an entire year.'
Pattaya Orphanage

'Molly and Mobarak' - Storyline Australia
This film is a true story about a 22-year-old Afghani refugee living in a small rural town in NSW and the relationship he develops with a local woman. Mobarak is one of 90 Afghani refugees living in Young and working at the local abattoir. The story illustrates a very current issue in Australia where many asylum seekers await decisions by the Australian Government about whether they can stay and establish a new life in safety or whether they must return to their homeland.
Thursday May 6th, 8.30pm SBS-TV

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