Diagram Of Growing Rice. In india rice is grown under four ecosystems. Rice comes from many different growing regions across the world including asia the middle east australia north america etc.
Methods of growing rice differ greatly in different regions but in most asian countries including india the traditional hand methods of cultivating and harvesting rice are still. It is usually grown in paddies or rice fields which are flooded with water to keep the roots of the rice moist. Making up anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of calories in a persons diet in asia rice is the backbone of millions of.
Hence rice is grown as sole crop in most of the rice farming areas.
Most of the rice grown in australia is concentrated in the murrumbidgee and murray valleys of southern new south wales. Milling removes outer layers of the rice grains. The rice plant grows to about 4 feet 12 meters tall. India stands in the second position after china in the production of rice.