The year 2004 was declared the International Year of Rice by the United Nations, noting that rice is a staple food for more than half the world's population, and affirming the need to heighten awareness of the role of rice in alleviating poverty and malnutrition.
This is one of many International observances declared for specific days, months and years. The year 2008 was declared the International Year of the Potato.
Famous quotes containing the words year and/or rice:
“And year by year our memory fades
From all the circle of the hills.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“... there has been a very special man in my life for the past year. All I’ll say about him is that he’s kind, warm, mature, someone I can trust—and he’s not a politician.”
—Donna Rice (b. c. 1962)