Where did rice cultivation begin? Is India the origin of Rice Cultivation? Interesting to know!
Rice is the principal grain crop of the tropical countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, where it is generally used daily in large quantities as the principal food.
It is not definitely known where man first cultivated it. But most authorities believe it originated in South India in the remote past. It has been cultivated all over India for many thousands of years. Rice spread from there to China, and westward to Persia and Egypt soon afterward. It was introduced to the Western Hemisphere in the 17th century.
Rice and millet have been stapled crops in China since the dawn of history and long-distance voyagers in ancient times invariably carried a supply of grain so as to replenish food supplies by pausing to grow crops wherever possible.
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