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For more than half of humanity RICE IS LIFE. It is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. For them, life without rice is simply unthinkable.

The Asia Rice Foundation is working to secure a prosperous future for Asia’s rice societies by supporting rice educational activities, cultural preservation, research, and advocacy movements. Find out why rice is such an amazing grain and how you can get involved in the Foundation’s extremely important work.


Rice Events in Photos

Sacred Rice Planting Ritual - Japan
North Korea farmers works in rice
   fields in the North Korean City of Kaesong - Korea

National Rice Foundations

Bangladesh Rice Foundation
China Rice Science and Development Foundation
Indonesia Rice Foundation
The Asia Rice Foundation- Philippines
The Thai Rice Foundation under Royal Patronage

Rice Articles

Rice News

Asia Rice Foundation Publications

Rice in the Seven Arts
Brown Rice: Beyond the Color
Ecological Value of Rice fields in the Philippines, A Summary Report
Asian Media and Rice
The Asia Rice Foundation Report 1999-2005

April 2008