What's Happening To The World's Most Popular Crop ?!?
Hi! Hope
your doing fine. Today we are going to talk about the one of the most important
crops in the world.
Let me ask you a question , what is the most
popular crop in the world . We eat this for our breakfast , lunch and dinner.
And over three billion people depend on it! It's RICE and it makes sense ,
because rice is not only healthy , it can last for years. And most importantly
, it's affordable. Rice is also a big part of life , iits there from the start
and till the end! In Bangladesh when a baby eats rice for the first time ,they
have a celebration.
In weddings, rice
is thrown to represent success!
In Vietnam and
China a bowl of rice is placed on the coffins to go with the person when they
die. But rice has a problem , not rice itself. But growing it , let me explain.
The world is
getting hotter so as the ground gets drier and drier more salt makes it harder
for rice to grow. In just 30 years the ground will be 50% saltier! And while
rice does grow on water it has to be the right amount too much or too little
and it will die!!
As the world's
get hotter , icebergs will melt creating lakes that causes floods and many
countries like India , Japan ,Vietnam , Indonesia , Thailand and Philippines
FACE THIS PROBLEM . But the country is that is actually most affected is
Bangladesh and this is why-
We know that rice is one of the most popular crop in the world. We use
rice for every occasion . Rice is a major part of our lives. In Bangladesh ,
the first time a baby eats rice it is celebrated. In weddings rice is thrown on
the groom and bride. In Vietnam and China , a bowl of rice is kept on the
coffins.
The world is getting hotter so as the ground gets
drier and drier more salt makes it harder for rice to grow. In just 30 years
the ground will be 50% saltier! And while rice does grow on water it has to be
the right amount too much or too little and it will die!!
As the world's get hotter , icebergs will melt
creating lakes that causes floods and many countries like India , Japan
,Vietnam , Indonesia , Thailand and Philippines FACE THIS PROBLEM . But the
country is that is actually most affected is Bangladesh and this is why-
Here , most of the people live very close to water
because that's where thier food can grow the best , so if the water continues
to rise , rice wont be able to grow. And the people will not have any where to
live because of this problem entire islands like this are disappearing and will
continue to if we don't make a change.
And with the arise of this problem there will be
no rice at celebrations , weddings and at our dinner tables. We NEED rice and
to keep it , we need to make some problems- We need to use LESS PLASTIC.
Companies NEED to be MORE ECO-FRIENDLY & governments NEED TO KEEP
ENVIRONMENT FIRST!
All of these small changes e do , will help the
world in a BIG way because just like rice , these seemingly small things add up
to be something amazing!
By
VIJETHA S TELAGI
Grade 6C
Orchids The International School Vivekananda.
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