Although not as popular in the West, rice is the single most important staple food for a majority of the world’s population. The cereal grain accounts for nearly a fifth of total calories consumed by the entire human species. That fact alone should discourage folks from meddling with production, free trade and availability of rice. But governments still try it and, nearly always, find themselves on the wrong end of unintended consequences.[More...]
On October - 5 - 2012 Articles of Interest
