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The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet, and the technological changes that have impacted cultivation over time.
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]
By 1945, rice farming in Abakaliki began to expand, with the colonial government increasing cultivation from 600 acres in 1940 to 18,000 acres by 1954. [6] Abakaliki farmers eventually embraced rice cultivation as they realized that rice was easier to cultivate and matured faster compared to yam and cassava. It was also more profitable.
Further evidence of early rice cultivation is the construction, since 390 B.C., of massive irrigation structures, reservoirs, and interconnected canals. From ancient times, rice cultivation was not only an economic activity, but a way of life for the people of Sri Lanka. [2]
This rice can be enjoyed in various forms, including regular cooked dishes or incorporated into recipes like pulao, biryanis, and curries. Mushk Budji rice variety has been traditionally been served at marriage ceremonies and festivals. In Srinagar's local markets, they were previously sold as "food for the royal families" during the Mughal era.
Saotome (早乙女), or rice planting women, played a religious role in ancient times, rice growing was considered a religious act, and there were many taboos that had to be observed. [1] The inadama was the spirit of the rice plant. Since World War 2 rice planting has become mechanized.
By 8000 BC, farming was entrenched on the banks of the Nile. About this time, agriculture was developed independently in the Far East, probably in China, with rice rather than wheat as the primary crop. Maize was domesticated from the wild grass teosinte in southern Mexico by 6700 BC. [48]
Rice plant (Oryza sativa) with branched panicles containing many grains on each stem Rice grains of different varieties at the International Rice Research Institute. Rice 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.