# Rice: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/links/

Every element and industry that Rice is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Water](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/rice-and-water/): Paddy rice is one of the thirstiest field crops, using about 30% of the world's irrigation water; in Punjab it has driven groundwater extraction well beyond recharge, and India's rice exports carried about 40 billion m³ of virtual water abroad in 2023-24. *(researched)*
- [Bioethanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/bioethanol-and-rice/): In India, rice from the government's surplus stocks has become a major ethanol feedstock, sold to distilleries at a fixed price. Its use rises and falls with official judgements about food stocks, so the link is a policy valve rather than a market price relationship. *(researched)*
- [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-in-farming-and-rice/): Energy in farming needs rice; their prices have moved together.
- [DAP and MAP](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/dap-and-map-and-rice/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Education and research](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/education-and-research-and-rice/): Education and research depends on rice.
- [Food and beverage processing](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/food-and-beverage-processing-and-rice/): Food and beverage processing depends on rice.
- [Healthcare services](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/healthcare-services-and-rice/): Healthcare services depends on rice.
- [Hospitality and tourism](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/hospitality-and-tourism-and-rice/): Hospitality and tourism depends on rice.
- [Insecticides](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/insecticides-and-rice/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Urea](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/rice-and-urea/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Wheat](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/rice-and-wheat/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Wholesale and retail trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/rice-and-wholesale-and-retail-trade/): Wholesale and retail trade depends on rice.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/extraction/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/production/index.md)
- [Stocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/stocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/movement/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rice/emissions/index.md)