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For more than half the world’s population, rice is on the menu every single day. As a crop that can be grown on every continent, we have come to rely on it heavily. But there’s a catch.

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb., 2007), pp. 40-47 (8 pages) Rice, the staple crop in northern Laos, has traditionally been grown in shifting cultivation systems (upland rice).