Born on July 29, 1883, Mussolini gained a reputation for bullying and fighting during his childhood. At age 10 he was expelled from a religious boarding school for stabbing a classmate in the hand, and another stabbing incident took place at his next school. He also admitted to knifing a girlfriend in the arm.
Rice. Rice, the nation's major crop, was grown by about threequarters of all farm households in the early 1980s. Two main types were cultivated: dry, or upland, rice, grown predominantly in the North and Northeast; and wet rice, grown in irrigated fields throughout the central plain and in the South.
America and Africa? If farmers arenât benefiting from hybrid rice, someone else must be. This Briefing looks at who is profiting from hybrid rice. It examines how hybrid rice continues to fail Asia's small farmers and why it is being pushed. As a leading hybrid rice plant breeder from IRRI said a decade ago: âThis technology is not for farmers who are still struggling at the level of 2 or 3 tonnes [per hectare]â.