Rice – More Than Just a Meal to Billions around the Globe

When you think of rice, you may immediately imagine a flavorful starch that makes an excellent accompaniment to any meal: Take, for instance, dirty rice with fried chicken or rice pilaf with pork chops.  If you enjoy an occasional beer with your dinner, then you are consuming rice as well, as about 10 percent of rice consumed in the United States is used in beer production.  However, while rice often is seen as a delectable addition to a meal in America, it is viewed as a source of utter survival in many other parts of the world.

That is why AA Agri Industries, led by individuals such as Vice President OurmillaSharma, focuses so heavily on the rice industry; it owns and cultivates a whopping 500 acres of rice farms in Guyana.  This South American country features lands that are ripe for growing rice in an effort to meet world demand for this vital crop.  After all, about three billion rely on rice each year for survival – which equates to about half of the world’s population. 

The demand for rice has actually skyrocketed within the past few years because rice production has dropped across the globe.  Thus, Guyana is striving to expand its exporting ability, having already taken advantage of contracts with Venezuela and European nations.  North America and Europe are especially in need of rice because they cannot produce much of the crop, compared with other nations.

The leaders of AA Agri Industries indeed have the experience required to tap into Guyana’s resources and to manage a successful enterprise in the world’s critical rice industry.  If rice production does not increase by 30 percent by the year 2025, many people will simply starve.  The work of Ourmilla Sharma and AA Agri Industries, however, is providing hope to billions by enabling this fast-growing crop to reach many mouths around the globe – mouths of those who will literally depend on it for their survival in the coming years.