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Rice Bowl Tales is a series of program that explore the importance of rice to Asian economies, and how the crop contributes to a sense of national identity. The series is a co-production between the BBC World Service and ABC Radio National in Australia. | |
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In this program our reporter Tony Barrell is in China, the world's largest rice producer. Tony talks to farmers, scientists and rice enthusiasts about what rice means to them. As the research scientists explain, China's new priorities are clear: getting more rice from less land, and using less water and fewer chemicals. |
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Tony Barrell reports from Japan, where rice is at the center of an ongoing struggle about national identity, religion, cure, environmental survival and money-politics. |
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| Click here to listen to Tony Barrell’s report from Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of rice. Click here to listen to Rice Bowl Tales: Bangladesh, where the green revolution of the 1960’s led to an unprecedented growth in rice production. |
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