UN backs new eco-label to help consumers choose sustainable rice (Vatican News)

Vatican News published an article on the launch of The Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation developed by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP). The label will help shoppers reduce their environmental impact by identifying rice that has been sustainably produced. The crop has an undeniable environmental impact. Rice farming consumes up to one-third of the world’s developed freshwater resources and generates up to 20% of global anthropogenic emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. According to IFPRI, this life-giving crop will also be the victim of rising global temperatures, with production expected to fall by 15% by 2050 due to climate change.