Education Resources

RGA has developed a range of educational materials available on rice and the Australian rice industry including books and DVDs. See below for details.

Also see our FAQs page  for more information on rice.

Website: About Rice

A curriculum-based website ‘About Rice’ provides everything you need to know about rice, rice growing and rice marketing.

The website provides a junior secondary teaching and learning unit about the growing of rice within a NSW community and is able to satisfy the curriculum requirements of all states and territories.

To visit the web site, click http://www.aboutrice.com

DVD Resource: Rice

This program is targeted at middle to senior secondary students. It delivers detailed information into one the major food commodities of the modern world - rice.

Presented in two parts, the program covers the following:

Part 1
• Origin, classification, history, consumption trends
• Varieties, characteristics
• Health and safety issues

Part 2
• Primary production and processing, environmental issues
• Secondary processing including recent product innovations
• Technological developments influencing production and/or processing
• Marketing, new product development

 30 minutes. Produced in Australia (2003)

 
Price
$99.95 to secondary schools for non-theatrical use
$149.95 for TAFE and Universities for non-theatrical use

For more information or to place an order, call us on 02 6953 0433 or send us an email

Book: The Story of Rice

This book is designed to help students discover how rice is grown, harvested and milled to make the rice products on our supermarket shelves.

“The Story of Rice” was written by Kim Field and published by the Kondinin Group.

A Teachers’ Resource Kit was developed to complement “The Story of Rice” and includes a range of activities for students to learn about the Australian rice industry. It’s been designed for students in Years 5 and 6, but the information can be used for all age groups.

If you would like to purchase a copy of "The Story of Rice" kit or book, call us on 02 6953 0433 or send us an email. The resources are also available from the Kondinin Group by contacting 1800 677 761.