date:Mar 03, 2020
ion to improve the livelihoods of 500,000 rice farmers while reducing environmental impacts. The paradox remains that rice is vital to food security yet simultaneously has the largest carbon footprint of all food crops. By 2050, rice production will need to almost double to meet the population demand, which under current conditions, will require additional land equivalent to the size of Chile and add 300 billion kgs of CO2 equivalent emissions, says Olam. First conceived by the UN and the Intern