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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]
While most years China's agricultural production is sufficient to feed the country, in down years, China has to import grain. Due to the shortage of available farm land and an abundance of labor, it might make more sense to import land-extensive crops (such as wheat and rice) and to save China's scarce cropland for high-value export products ...
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.
Shouguang is a major hub for vegetables and produce in China, as well as being a major hub for chemical products. [6] Alongside the agricultural industry, related industries such as the packaging and food processing and fertilizer industry have been established. In 2011, Shouguang was the largest glossy and coated paper producer in China.
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of rice beer dating back about 10,000 years at a site in Eastern China, providing further insights into the origins of alcoholic beverages in Asia.
For millennia, agriculture has played an important role in the Chinese economy and society. By the time the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and intensive farming practices already produced relatively high yields.
Today, the majority of all rice produced comes from China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Korea and Japan. Asian farmers still account for 87% of the world's total rice production. Because so much rice is produced in Bangladesh, it is also the staple food of the country.
The Dawenkou culture was a Chinese Neolithic culture primarily located in the eastern province of Shandong, but also appearing in Anhui, Henan and Jiangsu.The culture existed from 4300 to 2600 BC, and co-existed with the Yangshao culture.