One of the reasons why food prices are increasing all across the world is the shortfall in agricultural output.
With wild fires destroying much of Russia's production, floods wreaking havoc in Australia and the United States unable to keep output up, prices are at an all-time high.
So, let us see which countries are producing how much when it comes to rice and paddy, based on Food and Agriculture Organisation data.
China
Production (metric tonne): 1.966 billion
World ranking: 1
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 26 per cent of all world rice production.
India
Production (metric tonne): 1.337 billion
World ranking: 2
From a nation dependent on food imports to feed its population, India today is self-sufficient in grain production and also has a substantial reserve.
The progress made by agriculture in the last four decades has been one of the biggest success stories of free India.
Agriculture and allied activities constitute the single largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product, almost 33 per cent of it.
Agriculture is the means of livelihood of about two-thirds of the work force in the country.
Indonesia
Production (metric tonne): 643.989 million
World ranking: 3
In the 1970s, Indonesia was a major rice importer, but by 1985 self-sufficiency had been achieved after six years of annual growth rates in excess of seven per cent per year.
From 1968 to 1989, annual rice production had increased from 12 million to 29 million tonnes, and yields had increased from 2.14 tonnes of padi (wet rice growing) per hectare to 4.23 tonnes per hectare.
Indonesia produces 643.989 million metric tonnes of rice.
Bangladesh
Production (metric tonne): 477.240 million
World ranking: 4
The dominant food crop of Bangladesh is rice, accounting for about 75 per cent of agricultural land use (and 28 per cent of GDP).
Rice production increased every year in the 1980s (through 1987) except 1981, but the annual increases have generally been modest, barely keeping pace with the population.
Vietnam
Production (metric tonne): 388.955 million
World ranking: 5
Rice production in Vietnam in the Mekong and Red River deltas is important to the food supply in the country and national economy.
The Mekong Delta is the heart of the rice producing region of the country where water, boats, houses and markets coexist to produce a generous harvest of rice.
Vietnam produces 388 million metric tonnes of rice.
Myanmar
Production (metric tonne): 326.820 million
World ranking: 6
Rice is the most important agricultural commodity of Myanmar.
The crop is cultivated along the river valleys, coastal areas and in the Irrawaddy River delta.
Thailand
Production (metric tonne): 314.629 million
World ranking: 7
Thailand has a strong tradition of rice production. It has the fifth-largest amount of land under rice cultivation in the world.
The most produced strain of rice in Thailand is jasmine rice, which is a higher quality type of rice.
Thailand produces 314 million metric tonnes of rice.
The Philippines
Production (metric tonne): 162.664 million
World ranking: 8
Rice is the most important food crop, a staple food in most of the country.
It is produced extensively in Luzon, the Western Visayas, Southern Mindanao and Central Mindanao.
Brazil
Production (metric tonne): 126.518 million
World ranking: 9
There are two main - and very different - areas of rice production in Brazil: the older, well-established irrigated areas of the south and the newer non-irrigated (ie "upland") areas of the center-west and northeast.
The main producing states that comprise Brazil's southern rice area are Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, which produce about 47 and eight per cent of the country's total rice production, respectively.
Japan
Production (metric tonne): 105.925 million
World ranking: 10
The most striking feature of Japanese agriculture is the shortage of farmland. The 4.63 million hectares under cultivation in 2008 has shrunk, with most farmers over 65.
However, the land is intensively cultivated. Paddy fields occupy much of the countryside, whether on the alluvial plains, the terraced slopes, or the swampland and coastal bays.
Japan produces 105 million metric tonnes of rice.
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With wild fires destroying much of Russia's production, floods wreaking havoc in Australia and the United States unable to keep output up, prices are at an all-time high.
So, let us see which countries are producing how much when it comes to rice and paddy, based on Food and Agriculture Organisation data.
China
Production (metric tonne): 1.966 billion
World ranking: 1
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 26 per cent of all world rice production.
India
Production (metric tonne): 1.337 billion
World ranking: 2
From a nation dependent on food imports to feed its population, India today is self-sufficient in grain production and also has a substantial reserve.
The progress made by agriculture in the last four decades has been one of the biggest success stories of free India.
Agriculture and allied activities constitute the single largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product, almost 33 per cent of it.
Agriculture is the means of livelihood of about two-thirds of the work force in the country.
Indonesia
Production (metric tonne): 643.989 million
World ranking: 3
In the 1970s, Indonesia was a major rice importer, but by 1985 self-sufficiency had been achieved after six years of annual growth rates in excess of seven per cent per year.
From 1968 to 1989, annual rice production had increased from 12 million to 29 million tonnes, and yields had increased from 2.14 tonnes of padi (wet rice growing) per hectare to 4.23 tonnes per hectare.
Indonesia produces 643.989 million metric tonnes of rice.
Bangladesh
Production (metric tonne): 477.240 million
World ranking: 4
The dominant food crop of Bangladesh is rice, accounting for about 75 per cent of agricultural land use (and 28 per cent of GDP).
Rice production increased every year in the 1980s (through 1987) except 1981, but the annual increases have generally been modest, barely keeping pace with the population.
Vietnam
Production (metric tonne): 388.955 million
World ranking: 5
Rice production in Vietnam in the Mekong and Red River deltas is important to the food supply in the country and national economy.
The Mekong Delta is the heart of the rice producing region of the country where water, boats, houses and markets coexist to produce a generous harvest of rice.
Vietnam produces 388 million metric tonnes of rice.
Myanmar
Production (metric tonne): 326.820 million
World ranking: 6
Rice is the most important agricultural commodity of Myanmar.
The crop is cultivated along the river valleys, coastal areas and in the Irrawaddy River delta.
Thailand
Production (metric tonne): 314.629 million
World ranking: 7
Thailand has a strong tradition of rice production. It has the fifth-largest amount of land under rice cultivation in the world.
The most produced strain of rice in Thailand is jasmine rice, which is a higher quality type of rice.
Thailand produces 314 million metric tonnes of rice.
The Philippines
Production (metric tonne): 162.664 million
World ranking: 8
Rice is the most important food crop, a staple food in most of the country.
It is produced extensively in Luzon, the Western Visayas, Southern Mindanao and Central Mindanao.
Brazil
Production (metric tonne): 126.518 million
World ranking: 9
There are two main - and very different - areas of rice production in Brazil: the older, well-established irrigated areas of the south and the newer non-irrigated (ie "upland") areas of the center-west and northeast.
The main producing states that comprise Brazil's southern rice area are Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, which produce about 47 and eight per cent of the country's total rice production, respectively.
Japan
Production (metric tonne): 105.925 million
World ranking: 10
The most striking feature of Japanese agriculture is the shortage of farmland. The 4.63 million hectares under cultivation in 2008 has shrunk, with most farmers over 65.
However, the land is intensively cultivated. Paddy fields occupy much of the countryside, whether on the alluvial plains, the terraced slopes, or the swampland and coastal bays.
Japan produces 105 million metric tonnes of rice.
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