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Hi all,
hopefully we can all lift western awareness to the critical Rice shortage problem which is in part a result of climate change and put pressure on our leaders to do something about it!

For my own part I can offer my own knowledge as a Geographer:

1. We are growing irrigated rice here at up to 39º North in a hot dry climate, so rice limits must extend to all areas ·+/- 38º from the equator, ie. the whole of Africa, Central and most of South America, most of Australia apart from the traditional areas. Inorder to exploit these areas the rice growers and users should set up a political organization capable of negotiating with govts and industry to open up likely areas and set up iirrigation schemes. Places like war torn Iraq would make excellent rice growing areas, the problem is the political will to produce food instead of fighting. Indeed a minimum amount of the money spent in weapons R&D would suffice to finance agricultural research world wide but the sad fact is that humanity puts so much store on force and so little on charity.

2. We have an on going agricultural pilot project that could be adapted to a shrimp pond environment where the waters where too salty for rice, this perennial produces high protien forage proven acceptable so far to animals from wild ducks, to sheep, cattle and horses and would probably be useful for carp and catfish too, (salt water crocodiles can also be bred in those ponds for meat and valuable skins).

We also have a perennial grain that can be grown in salty water.

In conclusion, solutions abound, political goodwill???????????????? That is mankinds problem. We have researched this plant with Zero government funding. So we haven't been able to take this highly promising crop up to the commercial stage so far.

Best regards,

Peter Dunphy