Sentences with phrase «rice crops produced»

In 2013, rice crops produced in Hunan Province were found to be heavily tainted by cadmium, a toxic metal linked to kidney failure and skeletal problems.

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Rice is a thirsty crop, accounting for 30 - 40 % of the world's irrigation water; 3,000 - 5,000 litres of water are needed to produce 1 kg of polished rRice is a thirsty crop, accounting for 30 - 40 % of the world's irrigation water; 3,000 - 5,000 litres of water are needed to produce 1 kg of polished ricerice.

The toxin is produced by a common mold, Aspergillus flavus, that grows on crops from rice and cereals to corn and nuts.

«As crops like rice or wheat turn from green to golden before harvest, chloroplasts are consumed, then nutrients are released and recycled to produce grains as a result of aging.

On the other hand CH4 is produced mostly indirectly, for example, in growing rice crops or in draining out water for peat lands.

Beyer and Potrykus developed a rather complex biosynthetic crop that could be altered to produce healthier and more abundant grains like rice.

C3 plants plants that produce a three - carbon compound during photosynthesis, including most trees and agricultural crops such as rice, wheat, soybeans, potatoes, and vegetables

With an annual output of 700 million tons of crop stalk, i.e. non-food parts of crops that are typically discarded after crop harvest, China is eyeing its cultivation of rice, wheat, corn and other crops as a replenishable source of stalk, which can be fermented through anaerobic digestion to produce biogas.

A warmer world with more carbon dioxide will produce more plant growth, but at reduced nutritional value for staple crops like potatoes, rice, and corn.

he new ACR methodology provides an incentive to landowners in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and other historically natural wetland areas in California to convert their most subsided and marginal agricultural lands to wetlands or to produce wetlands crops such as rice, which will stop land subsidence and reverse it over time.»

C3 plants - Plants that produce a three - carbon compound during photosynthesis, including most trees and agricultural crops such as rice, wheat, soybeans, potatoes and vegetables.

Such an increase would also inundate much of the Mekong Delta, which produces half the rice crop in Vietnam, the world's No. 2 rice exporter.

Cheap, low - maintenance farming can be adopted elsewhere, Oglio thinks, and, while it may not produce thousands of acres upon acres of staple crops like rice, wheat, and corn (at least in the same place), it can help feed the world's poor without reliance on and oversight by corporations.

Traditional growing of rice in flooded fields is bad for the staple crop's future quality and produces vast amounts of methane greenhouse gas.

However, in Asia, which accounts for 90 % of rice production, only a quarter of the crop is currently produced by direct seeding.

That's why we have prioritized creating shared benefits for rice growers and the environment, while also producing a high - quality rice crop for the billions of people who depend on it for nutrition and a livelihood,» said Denis Winkler, vice president of supply chain for global Mars Food.

It is the Ministry of Energy's responsibility to minimize crop - withering heat waves, to prevent the melting of the glaciers that feed Asia's major rivers during the dry season, and to prevent the ice sheet melting that would inundate the river deltas and floodplains that produce much of the Asian rice harvest.