RICE

THE PRESENT RICE WAS DEVELOPED FROM A VARIETY OF SPECIES FOUND IN SWAMPY AREAS OD SOUTHEAST ASIA.FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA ITS SPREAD TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. IN EUROPE RICE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN SPAIN BY ARABS.
COMMERCIAL RICE CULTIVATION WAS FIRAT INTRODUCED 1924 IN TROPICAL AREAS AUSTRALIA. AT PRESENT RICE FORMS THE PRINCIPAL FOOD FOR ONE HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD .
RICE IS THE STAPLE FOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF A LARGER PART OF MONSOON LANDS.SOUTH EASTERN ASIA GROWS MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE WORLD RICE .THOUGH IT REQUIRE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LABOUR YET RICE IS CULTIVATED BECUASE OF HIGH PER ACREAGE YIELDS.. DOUBLE CROPPING OF RICE IS QUITE COMMON UN SOUTHERN JAPAN AND IN ALL AREAS SOUTH OF THE YANGTZE BASIN AND THE UPPER GANGES  RIVER .IT IS ALSO GROWN IN OTHER TROPICAL AND SUB TROPICAL AREAS WHERE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS ARE FOUND.