Sentence examples for provide rice from inspiring English sources

Another villager said the authorities were using food as a weapon, by refusing to provide rice unless the residents agreed to stop protesting.

After President Lee Myung-bak came to power in Seoul in early 2008, South Korea had been reluctant to provide rice or any other major aid shipments to the North until its government in Pyongyang took significant steps to give up its nuclear weapons.

Though they provide rice paddy farmers with a largely dependable source of natural irrigation and fertilisation, the floods can kill thousands and displace millions.

Further elucidation of the molecular basis of CT enhancement of japonica rice arising from introgression of favorable alleles from indica rice would provide rice breeders with much useful information.

Todd Graham provided Rice with a bowl appearance in 2006 before moving up the coaching ladder to Tulsa; his successor, David Bailiff, struggled through a 3-9 season in 2007 and must turn things around in 2008 to keep his job.

"Just providing rice and beans is not a long-term solution," said John Miller Beauvoir, 26, who founded a charity right out of college and wrote a book calling on other young Haitians to get involved in development.

These ranged from free electricity for farmers to providing rice at just two rupees per kilo.

KPD provides rice finds in the form of domesticated-type rice spikelet bases and weeds of cultivation.

Non-government organizations provided rice to stabilize prices.

The Philippine government provided rice, sardines, and coffee to many affected houses.

We would like to thank Georgia Eizenga at the USDA-ARS for providing rice materials, Rebecca Davidson for assistance with the experimental design, the Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility at Colorado State University for the UPLC-MS, and Asia Rice Foundation USA for support in rice nutritional metabolomics.