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How to Cook Rice

I'm gonna be on this video like white on rice, because we are learning to make rice! I... more

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'Snorkel' rice being pushed as GM when it isn't

NOTE: Below's a very interesting comment by the molecular biologist Dr Michael... more

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Snorkel rice could feed millions

A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods.

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Recipe: moroccan tilapia

Fish is a quick and easy summer dinner that makes a great, light dish. This recipe... more

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Do not make a rice dick!

Under no circumstances!

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SushiMasters Competition San Diego

I attended the regional SushiMasters competition at Arterra in San Diego. Do you... more

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Jamaican Rice and Peas

Jamaica is not only food, it is also food. Everyone has his or her own way of cooking... more

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What stopped the Bush administration from going further? Anyone, ideas?

Considering how far they went, and all the laws they broke with complete immunity from... more

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A sud delle nuvole

A sud delle nuvole è un documentario auto prodotto che abbiamo realizzato nel 2003,... more

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Extreme Rice!

This guy needs some Uncle Ben's.

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Marc Maron's Angry Chef - Pork + Beans Pt. 2/3 @ BreakRoomLive.com

http://breakroomlive.com Marc decides to make a recession(cheap) feast of Hamhocks... more

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Condoleeza rice confronts a student

Riveting. She very convincing and thoughful and then when confronted she became... more

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Rice-duck farming can mitigate global warming: study

Looking to nature can give us the answers we need.

From the article:

The Integrated Rice-Duck Technology in organic farming can help mitigate global warming, said one scientist of a leading university in Mindanao.

Dr. Rachel Polestico, executive director of the Appropriate Technology Center (ATC or AproTech) of Cagayan de Oro City’s Xavier University (XU), said that ducks in the rice paddies effectively reduced the emission of the greenhouse gas methane.

Methane, which is produced when bacteria decomposes organic matter, is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide.

According to studies on global warming, about one quarter of global methane emissions from human activities comes from livestock and the decomposition of animal manure.

But Polestico, a physicist and lecturer at XU’s South East Asia Rural Leadership Institute (SEARSOLIN), pointed out that various scientific studies on the effect of the Integrated Rice-Duck Technology have proven that ducks effectively suppressed methane emission from rice paddies because of the ducks constant paddling.

Citing a study on the amount of methanogens in the rice-duck agro-ecosystem done by the Chinese scientist Tsing Hua, Polestico stressed that “methane emission is proportional to the amount of methanogens in the soil.”

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The Chinese research team evaluated the integrated global warming potentials (GWPs) of a rice–duck cultivation system based on methane (CH4) and N2O emission and they found out that integrated rice-ducks farming “could suppress the total amount of CH4 (methane) and N2O (nitrous oxide) emissions from rice paddies.”

“Moreover, because the decrease of CH4 emissions from rice-ducks compared to traditional rice farming was far more than the increase of N2O emissions from rice-ducks compared to traditional rice farming, rice-ducks farming greatly reduced integrated GWPs (CH4 + N2O) compared to traditional rice farming. So, the rice–duck cultivation system is an effective strategy for reducing integrated GWPs of the rice–duck cultivation systems based on CH4 and N2O in southern China and will contribute to alleviating global warming,” the Chinese research team said in their report.

Polestico also said that farmers can really help mitigate or alleviate global warming by planting trees to reduce carbon dioxide; by practicing organic farming to reduce nitrous oxide; and by practicing the integrated rice-duck technology to reduce methane emissions.Looking to nature can give us the answers we need. From the article: The... more