Rice

Description

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production (rice, **1.5 million tonnes in ***4), after sugarcane (1.9 billion tonnes) and maize (1.0 billion tonnes)