Today, around 3.5 billion people will sit down to a meal of something and rice. The “something” will depend on whether it’s Jamaica, Shanghai or Kerala, but rice is one of the world’s constants. It is a staple food for nearly half the globe and provides a fifth of all the calories humanity consumes. It is hard to overstate its importance. And that importance is growing: the world’s population, which swept past seven billion last year, is projected to reach nine billion by 2050. How are we going to feed all those new mouths?
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