Title:
The biography of rice
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Describes the history of the cultivation and use of rice including the impact on agriculture, business organizations, and the environment.
Other Title:
Rice
Year Published:
2006
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : ill.
Note:
Includes glossary and index.
20.00
Contents:
A global food staple -- What is rice? -- Growing rice -- Rice lands -- The spread of rice -- Rice in the new world -- Rice plantations -- End of an era -- Family farms -- Commercial farms -- The culture of rice -- Rice and the environment -- Engineering rice -- The future of rice.
A global food staple -- What is rice? -- Growing rice -- Rice lands -- The spread of rice -- Rice in the New World -- Rice plantations -- End of an era -- Family farms -- Commericial farms -- The culture of rice -- Rice and the environment -- Engineering rice -- The future of rice.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 1.0 103194
ISBN:
9780778724827
Publisher:
New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2006.
