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    Rice — editorial illustration

    Fields & grains · Rice

    RiceOryza sativa · Oryza glaberrima

    Two domesticated species, thousands of varieties, and the staple of billions. Explore the grains at true scale, the landscapes that grow them and the story of how rice spread around the world.

    Explore collection ↗86 illustrations
    805 Mtpaddy rice harvested worldwide (2023)
    169 Mhaharvested area
    51%grown in India and mainland China
    100varieties & names in this catalogue
    1. 1The Great Rice WallEvery rice in the atlas, drawn grain by grain at true scale. Filter, sort and open any of them.
    2. 2Rice WorldWhere the world's rice is grown, country by country, with every variety on its home ground.
    3. 3The Grain MicroscopeFrom paddy to starch in six steps: what a grain is made of and what milling removes.
    4. 4Comparison LaboratoryPut up to three rices side by side: size, shape, amylose and texture.
    5. 5Cooking LaboratoryPick a rice and a technique, then cook it and see why it works, or doesn't.
    6. 6The Rice JourneyNine thousand years in seventeen moments, from the Lower Yangtze to the Green Revolution.
    7. 7Rice LandscapesFive ways to grow rice, from mountain terraces to fields a metre under water.