HISTORY OF RICE FARMING www.ranirice.com
Walking through the small muddy ridges in the paddy field gently touching the ripe paddy grains we all feel fresh and close to nature. But Have you ever thought about the invisible hard work of hundreds of farmers to generate such gold yielding green fields?Rice fields are not a unique scenery in Kerala as we hear and read in TV adds. Best sorted rice sellers in India find out the fact that ,in many parts of the world rice is cultivated commercially and even in some places for attracting tourists with rice art.
History of Rice Farming Around World
Rice was domesticated from the wild grass Oryza rufipogon around 10,000 to 14,000 years ago Middle Yangtze and Upper Huai rivers in China are the two earliest places of rice cultivation Rice was a major crop in SriLanka as early as 1000BC Expedition of Great Alexander to India leads to the introduction of rice crop to Greece and the mediterenian areas From Greece then spread to Europe and Northern Africa Portugese carried rice to Brazil and Spanish introduced rice cultivation in central and South America By the 20 th century rice was produced California and New South Wales in Australia
Popular Rice Cultivating Regions
Asia : Asian farmers account for 92% of world rice production Africa : African rice helped Africa conquer its famine of 1203 Middle East : Southern Iraq and in the banks of the Nile; Egypt, rice is mainly grown. Europe : After 15 th century rice spread through Italy,France and later to other countries. Caribbean and Latin America : Rice is introduced as part of colonization United States : US provides 12% of world rice trade Australia : Earliest planters were British settlers
For knowing more about Rice and its features you can refer the website www.ricepedia.org. When Malayalis eat Onam they think they are only the rice lovers, but the fact is that rice is the staple food of many countries in different types and recipes.There are millions dying on the road because of hunger, so feed them as much as you can. Raise your standards from wasting rice to feeding the hungry stomachs.
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