Editing Rice (section)

=== Food security ===

Rice is a major food staple in Asia, Latin America, and some parts of Africa,<ref name="Nat Geog Food Staple">{{cite web |title=Food Staple |url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/food-staple/ |publisher=[[National Geographic]] Education |access-date=December 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831171422/https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/food-staple/ |url-status=live }}</ref> feeding over half the world's population.<ref name="Fukagawa Ziska 2019 pp. S2–S3">{{cite journal |last1=Fukagawa |first1=Naomi K. |last2=Ziska |first2=Lewis H. |title=Rice: Importance for Global Nutrition |journal=Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology |volume=65 |issue=Supplement |date=October 11, 2019 |doi=10.3177/jnsv.65.S2 |pages=S2–S3 |pmid=31619630 |doi-access=free }}</ref> However, a substantial part of the crop can be lost post-harvest through inefficient transportation, storage, and milling. A quarter of the crop in Nigeria is lost after harvest. Storage losses include damage by [[Mold|mould]] fungi if the rice is not dried sufficiently. In China, losses in modern metal [[silo]]s were just 0.2%, compared to 7–13% when rice was stored by rural households.<ref name="Kumar Kalita 2017">{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Deepak |last2=Kalita |first2=Prasanta |title=Reducing Postharvest Losses during Storage of Grain Crops to Strengthen Food Security in Developing Countries |journal=[[Foods (journal)|Foods]] |volume=6 |issue=1 |date=January 15, 2017 |pmid=28231087 |pmc=5296677 |doi=10.3390/foods6010008 |doi-access=free |page=8}}</ref>