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Paddy fields in Piedmont (Northern Italy) in 1920s Planting rice, 1949, (Alginet-Valencian Country) Rice was known to the Classical world, being imported from Egypt, and perhaps west Asia. It was known to Greece (where it is still cultivated in Macedonia and Thrace) by returning soldiers from Alexander the Great's military expedition to Asia.
In 2021, world production of rice was 787 million tonnes, led by China and India with a combined 52% of the total. [34] This placed rice fourth in the list of crops by production, after sugarcane, maize, and wheat. [35] Other major producers were Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam. [35] 90% of world production is from Asia. [36]
Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]
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~1500 BCE: Rice cultivated in the Niger area. [25] ~1100 BCE: Egyptians are able to purchase a flat (unleavened) bread called ta from stalls in the village streets. [48] ~1000 BCE: Rice cultivation spreads to the Middle East and Madagascar. [25] ~1000 BCE: Lower bound for the cultivation of cucumbers in the western Asia. [33]
These are the earliest known example of cotton in the Old World. [3] 3rd millennium BC: Rice, is introduced into South Asia from China: Rice, first domesticated in the Yangtze River valley in China 10 KYA to 8 KYA, [4] [5] is introduced into South Asia. 2600–2200 BC: Chicken is domesticated in the Indus Valley.
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] [2] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
Oryza sativa, having the common name Asian cultivated rice, [2] is the much more common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species being O. glaberrima, African rice. It was first domesticated in the Yangtze River basin in China 13,500 to 8,200 years ago.