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Global Education Issues: Rice  
URL:http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page833.html
Category:Year of Rice  Global Education 

Page about rice as a global issue from the Global Education Website, initiated and funded by AusAID to support its Global Education Program. Includes: Facts; Background; Australia's responses; the global agenda, teaching activities, links to other resources and case study: Integrated Pest Management in Indonesia.

Growing Rice Quiz  
URL:http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/quiz?action=viewQuiz&quizId=12
Category:Year of Rice  Global Education Quizzes 

An eight question quiz for middle and upper primary students on rice growing. There are many steps in growing and harvesting rice so it is ready to eat. This quiz requires students to select the names of the steps from the description.

Have a Rice Day Cafe  
URL:http://www.usarice.com/consumer/
Category:Year of Rice  Materials and their uses 

Website all about rice.

International Year of Rice - Curriculum Context  
URL:http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/pathfinders/rice/index.htm
Category:Materials and their uses  Rice  Year of Rice 

This pathfinder from the Western Australian Curriculum Materials Information Service shows how the Year of Rice can be incorporated into the WA Curriculum Framework. It points to teacher resources available online and in print.

International Year of Rice - Rice is Life  
URL:http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/rice/year.html
Category:Year of Rice  People, Health & Food  Materials and their uses 

This page of internet links has been created by a South Australian teacher librarian. The links to sites about rice are arranged as About rice, History, Growing, Types, Nutrition, Rice in Australia, Around the World, Activities, Recipes, Stories, Lesson Plans, and Additional Links.

International Year of Rice 2004  
URL:http://www.fao.org/rice2004/
Category:Food Security  Rice  Year of Rice  Materials and their uses  General Asian Studies resources 

The International Year of Rice promotes improved production and access to this vital food crop, which feeds more than half the world's population while providing income for millions of rice producers. Learn about the origins of the International Year of Rice, the significance of rice in East Asia, the Middle East and Africa, its cultural and nutritional value, and the impact of the production of rice on the environment. The site also looks at how the livelihood of people in many countries is dependent on the production of rice, the different roles of men and women in rice growing, and the centrality of rice production to the economies of the countries where it is grown. There is a special section for kids and a range of media resources.

Learn, Explore, and Discover the Colorful World of Rice!  
URL:http://www.irri.org/graindell/
Category:Rice  Year of Rice  Studies of Asia 

Explore the wonderful world of rice. Find out how the rice plant grows, learn about the nutrients we get from rice, rice recipes, rice facts, trivia, and a whole lot more. Graindell.com is based on 'Graindell', the children's storybook published by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Rice for Life  
URL:http://www.asiarice.org
Category:Rice  Year of Rice  Materials and their uses  General Asian Studies resources 

For more than half of humanity rice is life. It is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. For them, life without rice is simply unthinkable. There is information about the history of rice and its cultural heritage, and how rice is used for purposes other than eating, such as weaving and in artwork. It also considers how rice production has been transformed by new technologies, enabling much higher yields and fewer problems in terms of disease and failed crops. There is a section on rice recipes and a rice photo gallery with brilliant images of the famous rice-growing regions of the world. The site is also supported by numerous links to other fascinating, rice-related sites.

Ricegrowers' Association of Australia (RGA)  
URL:http://www.rga.org.au/
Category:Year of Rice  Rice  Materials and their uses 

Provides information about the functions of the Ricegrowers' Association of Australia and about the production and uses of rice in Australia, including environmental issues.

Some Rice with That?  
URL:http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/rice/story.htm
Category:Rice  Year of Rice 

Australian journalist, Lynne Malcolm tells a story about attending a 'rice school' in the Philippines. Topics include: Super rice, Cereal Sex, Biotechnology, Germplasm Bank, Chemicals and Managing Pests.