She and her daughters now eat twice a day when others can spare food or money: tea, bread, rice, maybe some fish if they are lucky.

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So it is allowing up to 15 million new names to be added to the register of people eligible to receive subsidised oil, sugar, rice and tea.

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Local residents live on agriculture and forest industries, such as rice, potato, vegetables, bamboo and tea-tree oil cultivation.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

You'll read about the Santa Cruz fishermen who caught Dave's Fancy Chinook King Salmon by hook and line, the family farm that grew the ingredients in the Lundberg honey nut rice cakes and the creation myth behind Honest Tea's tea bags.

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The pioneer in bringing peace of mind to family or neighbours is Zojirushi, Japan's biggest maker of rice cookers and electric kettles, which in Japan keep water hot all day for tea or miso soup.

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The Starwood group, which owns the Sheraton, Westin and W brands, has responded to Chinese guests with in-room tea kettles, slippers, translated restaurant menus, on-site translation services and comfort food such as congee (rice porridge) and noodles.

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