Pemerintah Kabupaten Badung, Bali, mengajak masyarakat untuk menggeluti sektor pertanian sebagai upaya menjaga kebutuhan pangan masyarakat serta menjaga .
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In Bengali culture, like many other cultures in Asia, “eating rice” is synonymous with “having a meal”. The Sanskrit word “anna” and the old Bengali word “odan” mean both “rice” and “meal”. A standard Bengali expression – “Have you eaten rice?” – is a polite way to inquire, “Have you had your lunch or dinner?” This everyday language points to the overwhelming significance of rice in Bengali culture. All rites of passage in Bengali culture – from birth to death – are marked with raw rice, milled rice and cooked rice. Every traditional ceremonial feast has servings of aromatic rice delicacies such as polao
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) Chinese scientists have found a gene that plays a crucial role in helping rice adapt to low soil nitrogen and may be used to breed h