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  2. History of rice cultivation - Wikipedia

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    Archeologists focusing on East and Southeast Asia argue that rice farming began in south-central China along the Yangtze River and spread to Korea and Japan from there south and northeast. [ 50 ] [ 49 ] Archaeologists working in India argue that rice cultivation started in the valley of the Ganges River [ 51 ] and Indus valley, [ 52 ] by ...

  3. List of countries by rice production - Wikipedia

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    Rice production by country (2019) This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457 [1] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.

  4. Rice production in India - Wikipedia

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    Rice production in India is an important part of the economy of India. [1] Dry paddy fields in South India Mature rice, Thrissur, Kerala. India is the world's second-largest producer of rice, and the largest exporter of rice in the world. [2] Production increased from 53.6 million tons in FY 1980 [1] to 120 million tons in FY2020-21. [3] Paddy ...

  5. History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Rice was cultivated in the Indus Valley civilisation. [36] Agricultural activity during the second millennium BC included rice cultivation in the Kashmir and Harrappan regions. [35] Mixed farming was the basis of the Indus valley economy. [36] Denis J. Murphy (2007) details the spread of cultivated rice from India into South-east Asia: [37]

  6. Paddy field - Wikipedia

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    The spread of japonica rice cultivation and paddy field agriculture to Southeast Asia started with the migrations of the Austronesian Dapenkeng culture into Taiwan between 3500 and 2000 BC. The Nanguanli site in Taiwan, dated to ca. 2800 BC, has yielded numerous carbonized remains of both rice and millet in waterlogged conditions, indicating ...

  7. Rice - Wikipedia

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    Rice plant (Oryza sativa) with branched panicles containing many grains on each stem Rice grains of different varieties at the International Rice Research InstituteRice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.

  8. List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities

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    India: Mushrooms and truffles China Japan India: Okra India Nigeria Mali: Onions and shallots, dry India China Egypt: Onions and shallots, green China Mali Angola: Other beans, green China Indonesia India: Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. China India Vietnam: Peas, green China India Pakistan: Pumpkins, squash and gourds China Russia

  9. Rice production in China - Wikipedia

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    Rice terraces in Yunnan, China. Rice production in China is the amount of rice planted, grown, and harvested for consumption in the mainland of China.. It is an important part of the national economy, [3] where it is the world's largest producer of rice, making up 30% of global rice production. [3]