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How can we best grow rice in Australia? - Coggle Diagram
How can we best grow rice in Australia?
Types of rice
(variable)
jasmine rice
black rice
basmati rice
brown rice
long grain rice
There are two main types of plants that grow rice, being indica and japonica. Within these two types of rice plants, there are over 40,000 different variety of rice
Indica rice is most often long-grained and aromatic
Japonica rice is most often short and medium grained rice
Growing conditions in Australia
Where is Australia is rice
grown?
The Riverina area in New South Wales produces the most rice in Australia
Within the Riverina area, rice is grown in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Valleys
Other places in Australia also produce rice such as Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory
Hot and humid climates
Variables: temperature of environment, humidity of the environment, water in the environment
rice is a semi-aquatic plant that requires consistent irrigation all season to grow
irrigation includes dams and waterwheels
Rice requires lots of water and heat to grow. Therefore, it grows well in tropical climates where the rain is plentiful and the temperatures are often hot and humid.
Rice is a plant that requires plenty of water and heat. It is well suited to the tropical climate of places like Indonesia and Thailand, where it grows well if the rains are plentiful. In Thailand, and in Bali in Indonesia, and on the island of Madagascar it is possible to grow two or more rice crops each year.
In Australia, rice is sown from October to December and harvested in March to May in southern New South Wales.
How to grow rice
Steps of growing rice
sowing
growing
harverst
milling
rice grows between 3 and 4 feet after 120 from being planted
why grow rice
one of the most popular food in the world
currently one of the main sources of nourishment for more than half the world population
approximately half of the world population including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food
Rice feeds more than half of the world's inhabitants. No other crop feeds so many people, supports so many farmers, or is as crucial to our global environment. Much more than a mere food crop, rice is a way of life for 70 % of the poor in Asia, for whom rice is often the main source of income.
What is rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or, less commonly, O. glaberrima. The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera Zizania and Porteresia, both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of Oryza.
Rice is our most important cultivated plant, feeding more people than any other crop. It is a n annual or short-lived perennial grass species native to Asia. Its domestication (i.e. cultivation and modification by humans) started 8 to 13 thousand years ago. Much of the world, especially Asia, has rice as its primary food source and rice production is critical for feeding the world. Rice requires warm, moist conditions for growth and is grown world-wide in tropical and warm temperate habitats. As is the case in all ‘cereal grains’ the ‘cereal’— the portion eaten — is a one-seeded fruit with the cells of a very thin fruit fused to those of the seed coat.