Rice production in China - Wikipedia Rice production in China This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( November 2010 ) Rice fields in Tongshan County, Hubei Rice production in China is an important part of the national economy. China is the world 's largest producer of rice, and the crop makes up a little less than half of the country 's total grain output. China accounts for 30 % of all world rice production. In a given year total rice output came from four different crops. The early rice crop grows primarily in provinces along the Yangtze River and in provinces in the south ; it is planted in February to April and harvested in June and July and contributes about 34 percent to total rice output. Intermediate and single - crop late rice grows in the southwest and along the Yangtze ; it is planted in March to June and harvested in October and November and also contributed about 34 percent to total rice output in the 1980s. Double - crop late rice, planted after the early crop is reaped, is harvested in October to November and adds about 25 percent to total rice production. Rice grown in the north is planted from April to June and harvested from September to October ; it contributes about 7 percent to total production. All rice cultivation is highly labour intensive. Rice is generally grown as a wetland crop in fields flooded to supply water during the growing season. Transplanting seedlings requires many hours of labor, as does harvesting. Mechanization of rice cultivation is only minimally advanced. Rice cultivation also demands more of other inputs, such as fertilizer, than most other crops. Paddy field in south - western China in Yunnan Rice is highly prized by consumers as a food grain, especially in south China, and per capital consumption has risen through the years. Also, as incomes have risen, consumers have preferred to eat more rice and less potatoes, corn, sorghum, and millet. Large production increases in the early 1980s and poor local transportation systems combined to induce farmers to feed large quantities of lower quality rice to livestock. Gallery Terrace paddy fields in Yunnan, China. Plowing a paddy field with a water buffalo Bubalus bubalis in China. Planting paddy in Ramechhap District, Nepal. Rice Terraces in north central Bali. Paddy fields near Palakkad, Kerala, India. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paddy fields in China. References This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/. ^ Jump up to : `` China : A Country Study : Crops ''. Library of Congress, Washington D.C. July 1987. Retrieved March 21, 2009. World rice production Bangladesh Bhutan China Guyana Haiti India Indonesia Iran Japan Laos Nepal Pakistan Philippines Romania South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand United States Vietnam This China - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This agriculture article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rice_production_in_China&oldid=827717619 '' Categories : Agriculture in China Rice production by country Grasses of China China stubs Agriculture stubs Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2010 All Wikipedia articles in need of updating Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Library of Congress Country Studies All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 26 February 2018, at 09 : 06. About Wikipedia

Question: which two regions grow most of china’s rice
Answer: provinces along the Yangtze River and in provinces in the south; provinces along the Yangtze River