9 Facts About Rice

1. Rice is grown on every continent on earth, except Antarctica.

2. Rice is the seed harvested from the long, grass-like stalk of the Oryza sativa plant or the Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

3. West Ham star Michail Antonio believes Declan Rice would feature for both Ireland or England and empathised with his teammate's 'difficult situation'.

4. Rice is used as a model organism for investigating the molecular mechanisms of meiosis and DNA repair in higher plants.

5. Rice is vital for the nutrition of much of the population in Asia, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Africa; it is central to the food security of over half the world population.

6. Rice is the main export of Thailand, especially white jasmine rice 105.

7. Rice is the staple food amongst all the ethnic groups in Sri Lanka.

8. Rice is the major food amongst all the ethnic groups in Nepal.

9. Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).