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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by unmole on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:30AM (#28125426)
I'm not too familiar with other places but historically rice wasn't the staple in South Asia. Even in South India, it was something that rich people ate.

As a result of government policies, rice monoculture ended up replacing the the diversity of grains that people actually consumed.

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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by whimsicalism on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:39AM (#28126812)
East Asia and Southeast Asia, not South Asia.

It wasn't the only one, but along with wheat and millet, poor Chinese were definitely eating rice.

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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by unmole on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:09AM (#28127321)
> poor Chinese were definitely eating rice.

I don't know recent it is but isn't there a rice-wheat divide in China too?

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