Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy
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Not OP but in addition to the water consumption you already mentioned, flooded rice fields also produce a lot of methane due to the oxygen-free conditions at the bottom and the abundance of organic material.
This could be mitigated if fields would be drained periodically.