Rice Research: Open Access
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Special Issue: Protection of primary source of energy: Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza glaberrima (African rice) or Oryza sativa (Asian 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 and Africa.It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production (rice, 741.5 million tonnes in 2014), after sugarcane (1.9 billion tonnes) and maize (1.0 billion tonnes, Oryza sativa with small wind-pollinated flowers.

Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans.There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally Cooked brown rice from Bhutan Jumli Marshi, brown rice from NepalRice can come in many shapes, colors and sizes.Double-headed rice.