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Wen丨Xiaofei is a little annoyed
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Preface
Speaking of rice, this kind of food, everyone must have seen it at the dinner table and is very familiar with it, after all, rice is also one of the main food crops of people in the world, many countries say that rice is regarded as the main export food crop and the main planting crop, and it is not difficult to see that rice is still very important to people's daily life.
As one of the four major grain crops in the world, the amount of international import and export trade of rice is also very large, but do you know which country has the largest number of rice exports? Some people will think that it is China, but so far, the mainland is really not the largest exporter of rice but India, what is going on?
Export of rice from India
When it comes to India being the world's largest exporter of rice, everyone may be curious, India's population is well known, but is rice also the largest export for them? According to relevant data, India's rice exports in 2022 can reach about 22.26 million tons.
This alone exceeds the total production of the four largest rice exporters in the world (these four countries are the United States, Vietnam, Pakistan and Thailand), and netizens are shocked and curious, how can India's rice exports reach such a huge figure, and how much do they produce rice each year?
Speaking of which, we have to mention the history of India in rice (rice), maybe everyone is not very clear, India is very experienced in rice, and there are relevant records in history, because the local water and temperature conditions in India can reach the high-quality environment for rice growth, so they have planted rice on a large scale a long time ago.
According to historical records, India has a large area of rice cultivation more than 3,000 years ago, when it was in the northern region of India, the civilization of ancient India has been developed to a certain extent, and people began to plant rice in a large area near the Ganges River Basin, and rice has become one of the main foods of Indians since that time.
And India's rice varieties are still very comprehensive, basically most of the world's species in India more or less have a part, coupled with India's climate is relatively special, in their rice is a kind of agricultural crops that can be planted all year round, and now the imported more expensive rice species "Smarti rice" is a precious variety in India, and the taste is very good.
This rice species called "Smati rice" is also called basmati rice by many people, and is also affectionately called "the nobility of rice" by Indians, this kind of rice is relatively slender and long after processing, generally speaking, the length of one is about 6-7 mm, of course, there are longer ones that can reach about 8 mm.
The appearance of Smati rice after simple processing is also very impressive, and you can even see it in a translucent state when you hold it carefully in your hand, even after cooking, you can smell a fragrance of rice from a long distance, both the appearance and taste are very good, which is the main reason why people love this rice.
However, this kind of rice is also relatively expensive in terms of price, and this kind of Smati rice grows better in India, so the price is generally planned by the Indian side, and the export volume of "Smati rice" rice in India from April 2022 to January 2023 is 14.56 million tons.
In terms of price, India's export price of this kind of Smati rice is set at 1,200 US dollars a ton, which is about 1.26 US dollars a kilogram (about 9 yuan a kilogram in RMB).
However, there is still some gap in the price of India's exports in actual life, which is also very understandable, after all, it is an imported commodity, which is basically about $13 a kilogram in some supermarkets (supermarkets in the United States), but in 2023, India will reduce the export quota of this rice, and the highest price in supermarkets in the United States is even about $40 a kilogram.
The growing environment of rice in India
India's rice still has a unique advantage in terms of growing environment, basically all in the tropical climate zone and subtropical climate zone, the temperature of these two climates is very suitable (usually the temperature is above 20 °C), and a large part of India's rice cultivation area is in the southwest monsoon climate zone, which will also bring sufficient precipitation for Indian rice growth.
In addition to these reasons, let's not forget that India is also a population superpower, which means that India has a large labor force, and since there is an abundant labor force, the region is also very suitable for rice cultivation, and these factors combine to make a lot of people in India rely on rice cultivation to make a daily living.
With the blessing of various factors, India has long regarded rice as the main growing food in its country, and even rice can be seen in the whole of India, according to relevant data, India will be able to reach 600 million mu of planting area in 2022.
In contrast, the planting area of rice on the mainland is somewhat less than that of India, which can only reach 71,326,500 mu, but there are other food crops planted on the mainland, so it is also very sufficient, but these rice in India can also occupy a large part of the world.
Although India has a wide area of rice cultivation, the yield is not as good as that of China
In 2022, the rainfall in India was relatively low, which led to a relatively dry state in many parts of India, and a large part of India's rice cultivation areas were severely affected by natural disasters, which also led to a small gap between India's rice production in 2022 and before.
However, although India is the country with the largest rice planting area in the world, their rice yield is not the first, speaking of which many netizens are curious, which is the country with the highest rice yield in the world? This country with the highest yield is China, although our planting area is only 71.3265 million mu, but the output has reached 21,000 tons.
Although the area of rice cultivation in our country is a large part less than that of India, the yield is much higher than that of India, and the reason for all this is that the yield of rice in the mainland is higher than that of India, and the yield per mu can reach 948 catties, which is a large part higher than that of India.
Such a gap can be described as very large, the yield per mu of the mainland is more than twice as high as the yield per mu of India, of course, all this is inseparable from the mainland's exploration and breakthrough of rice technology, every Chinese knows that it was Grandpa Yuan Longping who was committed to the development of rice technology, and researched hybrid rice with hard work, so that the Chinese will no longer be hungry.
Moreover, with the efforts of scientific researchers in recent years, there have been many new breakthroughs in the rice planting industry on the mainland, and according to the news, it can be learned that the mainland is now trying to plant rice in the desert, seaside, saline-alkali land and Gobi Desert, and has achieved relatively successful results, and the yield per mu can also reach about 350 kilograms, which has made a great contribution to the mainland's grain output.
epilogue
After all, the actual data is in front of us, although India is the largest planting country in the world, but the yield is much smaller than that of China, which is inseparable from the efforts of Grandpa Yuan Longping and many scientific researchers.
But we should be more aware of how hard-won all this is now, it is the hard work and time of many scientific researchers, we should pay extra attention to food, and our country is also a populous country, we have to consume countless grains every year, we should cherish this more!