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1.What country is the second largest exporter

of rice? How much rice does it export annually?

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Vietnam has so far this year exported 3.9 million tons of rice, remaining the world's second largest rice exporter. The increased position of the country's rice in the world market was attributed to the Government's policies to invest in the key rice growing area, the Mekong Delta, and the application of high- yield and quality rice strains.

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2. What country is the largest importer

of rice? How much

does it intend to import in the next

few months to address

the coming rice crises?

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The Philippines is the largest importer of Asia in the world, importing about 10% of its annual rice requirement

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3. What percentage of total rice

exporter to Africa comes

from Asia?

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Africa imports more than one-third of the rice traded in the world.

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4. In 1940, 150 glaciers dotted the Glaciers National Park in

Montana, USA. How many are there now?

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The Montana park has 26 named glaciers today, down from 150 in 1850. Those that remain are typically mere remnants of their former frozen selves, a new gallery of before and after images reveals.

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5. What is Europe’s biggest glacier? Why is it breaking up?

What are the consequence if it breaks up?

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Europe's biggest glacier is about to disintegrate. The mighty Breidamerkurjökull in southern Iceland is breaking apart and will slide into the north Atlantic in the next few years

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6. Which country is slowly disappearing due to rising sea

water level? Where is it?

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RISING SEA LEVEL FORCING EVACUATION OF ISLAND COUNTRY Lester R. Brown The leaders of Tuvalu--a tiny island country in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia--have conceded defeat in their battle with the rising sea, announcing that they will abandon their homeland. New Zealand has agreed to accept all 11,000 citizens of Tuvalu, with migration expected to start in 2002.

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