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| Welcome to the about rice homepage | |||||
Introduction
This Internet site is designed to provide information for the community and schools about rice in Australia.
Rice is the staple food of millions of people and is more than just a food.
Rice is integral to human history as rice farming is part of the agricultural revolution that took place about 10000 years ago when early settlements began.
Rice is the main food for over 50 per cent of the world's population. It is where the majority of people get about 65 per cent of their daily calorie intake.
As an economic factor rice farming and rice products employ more people around the world than any other industry.
Because of the importance of rice as a food and the rice industry as an employer and its length of time in human consciousness many cultural events have evolved that centre on rice.
The information and activities in this Internet site capture the development of rice in Australia. Whilst Australia is one of the newest countries to grow rice. Rice growing has influenced the character of Riverina area of Australia. Further rice growing has become economically important to the Riverina as it is a major export.
Using this Internet site
The community:
The information for the community is provided through information sheets, an image gallery and links to other Internet sites.
Schools
The teaching unit supports the teaching of Changing Australian communities in state and territory curricula. The activities can be used by teachers in secondary schools across Australia.
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