By derimot*no- Baxter Dmitry - August 31, 2025

The World Economic Forum is now taking aim at one of the most basic – and vital – foods on the planet: rice. Yes, the staple food that feeds nearly half of humanity is suddenly being portrayed as a climate villain, and the WEF is determined to make people suffer for it.

At a recent WEF meeting, World Bank President Ajay Banga made the point clear. “What we have is an existential climate crisis,” he warned, emphasizing the threat from methane * —a greenhouse gas he called eighty times more dangerous than carbon dioxide.

* The atmosphere contains negligible amounts of methane, expressed in ppm (parts per million) 1.7, which is 1/250th of CO2, which makes up only 422 ppm of the atmosphere.

Ajay Banga didn't mince his words when he elaborated on the WEF's solution: a reduction in rice farming. "We're talking about removing ten million tons of methane by focusing on rice farming, animals and dairy products, and on waste management," he said.

Rice, a nutritious and economic staple, is deeply rooted in cultures across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Millions depend on it daily for survival, but the WEF seems to view tradition and survival as secondary concerns.

Under their plan, eating rice could soon result in an environmental tax – or worse, restrictions designed to limit its cultivation.

Critics are sounding the alarm. Reducing rice production, they argue, will hit the most vulnerable communities first, increasing food insecurity and hunger, while doing little to actually “save the planet.”

Meanwhile, the WEF continues to advance its globalist agenda, presenting suffering and population reduction as a necessary sacrifice in the fight against climate change.

This is not just a dietary recommendation – it is a war on a culture, a livelihood, and a critical food source. And make no mistake: the WEF is determined to implement it, no matter the cost in human lives.

From the People's Voice, published August 24, 2025.
Translated from English by Northern Light. Links in the original article.
Original article: WEF Declares War on Rice as 'Existential Threat' to Planet Earth

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