A kilogram of rice
I was listening to a truly excellent program on the radio yesterday (BBC Radio). A reporter is spending a week each in the major rice growing regions to understand how rice influences the economy, culture and eating habits of the region. He was in China yesterday and I heard the most remarkable statistic.
To grow one kilogram of rice, you need 5,000 litres of water. This is the single most astounding statistic I have ever heard. 5,000 litres !
The entire Cauvery dispute, farmer suicides and celebration of rain .... All make sense to me.
I can just imagine the water gushing down the Kutrallam falls as I sit here in the Memphis airport. That is god right there, the true sustainer of life, water. How can stone be more sacred than water?
6 Comments:
It's truly amazing. When I first learnt about the concept of Virtual water, it got me thinking.
Really a serious issue to think. every one who is just doing works with open tap, should think about this. Its the Elixir fo life.
Really a important and Interesting stats... Hailing from a agricultural background I knew the importance of THE ELIXIR
so ppl still listen to radio!!...
is it not stones & sand that carries the water, our dwellings etc..probably that's why we worship stones. All elements play a equal role
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