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Drying rice is an art and a skill
Wednesday, 2017/05/17 | 07:43:00

 R. Raman, Africa Rice Center   

IRRI  May 12, 2017

Figure: Taken by R. Raman© from the Africa Rice Center, the photo is the first runner-up in A rice farmer’s life.

 

Parboiling, a task largely done by women in parts of Africa involves partially boiling rice in the husk and drying it well before it is milled. The photo is the first runner-up in A rice farmer’s life, a competition celebrating the 50th year of IR8. The “miracle rice” was developed by IRRI scientists in the early 1960s is believed to have saved many countries in Asia from famine.

 

See http://ricetoday.irri.org/19726-2/

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