When ready, rice will be soft with a slight bite.
Even as IRRI scientists race to develop climate-ready rice to solve future hunger, thousands of small farmers, who make up 60% of the population of the Philippines, say they are not waiting for hi-tech science but are adapting to climate change in other ways.
The development of drought-, heat-, submergence-, and salt-tolerant rice essentially translates into "climate-ready" rice.
The C4 rice consortium is striving to install a maize-like photosynthetic mechanism in rice to break its yield barrier and to breed a new generation of "climate-ready" rice which will yield more even under the situations of increasing temperature and decreasing water availability.
Cici dropped her stick, which she used for shooing away the birds feasting on the harvest-ready rice plants.
Some rice products and pastries, maybe, but in my experience, continental demand for the violently hued ready-rice beloved of Britons is strictly limited.
Uncle Ben's ready-rice, pre-cooked lentils, vegetable soups and porridge have also been my go-to for creating meals.
But today, Brown is perhaps best remembered for THE READIES (Rice University, various formats and prices), a 1930 manifesto blending the fervor of the Futurists with the playfulness of Jules Verne.
Once I have paid, I slip the cardboard wrapping off the hummus and the ready-cooked rice.
When ready, the rice has lost its crunch but remains firm.
Once ready, the rice should be tender and no longer soupy.
