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    Rice is a type of grass (genus Oryza) that belongs to a family of plants that includes other cereals such as…
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    Rice as a plant

  • Rice is the most important human food crop in the world, directly feeding more people than any other crop. In 2012,…
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    Rice as a crop

  • Cultivating rice is the – and source of income – for millions of households around the globe. Rice is grown in more than…
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    Rice as commodity

  • Rice is the most important food crop of the developing world and the staple food of more than half of the…
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    Rice as food

  • Challenges

    Challenges

    For every one billion people added to the world’s population, 100 million more tons of rice need to be produced each year. But the challenges facing rice production are great. Read More
  • Culture

    Culture

    Rice is a central part of many cultures – some countries even credit rice cultivation with the development of their civilization. It is remarkable that almost every culture has its own way of harvesting, processing and eating rice and these different traditions are, in fact, part of the world's cultural heritage. Read More
  • Rice around the world

    Rice around the world

    Following are detailed descriptions of selected rice-producing countries in rice regions (Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean [LAC], Africa, North America, and Europe). Of the top 10 countries in the world during 2005-09, nine are in Asia, in order: China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, and Japan. Completing the top 10 Asian countries is Cambodia. Read More
uganda

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 1,310
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 39 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 27 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: starchy roots, plantains, fermented beverages, milk, vegetables including oils, maize, millet
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 4.6 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons

 

Planting

Harvesting
First
Feb
Jun
Second
Aug
Dec


Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):


Uganda, 241,550 km2 in area, is a highland plateau country in East-Central Africa, the lowest point being 621 m above sea level. Landlocked and surrounded by five other nations, it has a long border with Lake Victoria and has many other large water bodies. The climate is tropical, with two dry seasons (December-February and June-August). Some 33% of the land is arable; agriculture makes up 23.4% of GDP and occupies 75% of the workforce in a population of 34.5 million (2011). Rice is a relatively new crop and much consumption is from imported rice.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012




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togo

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 1,040
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 11.5 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 3.2 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: starchy roots, maize, sorghum, vegetables including oils, rice, fermented beverages, meat, pulses, wheat
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 21 kg milled rice per person per year

Production season

 

Planting

Harvesting
Main
May
Oct-Nov


Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):


Togo forms a thin strip facing the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, covering 56,785 km2 between Benin and Ghana; inland, it borders Burkina Faso. The land consists of a coastal plain with extensive wetlands rising to hilly in the center and to gently rolling savanna in the north. Nearly half (40%) of the land is arable. The climate ranges from hot humid tropical in the coastal south to semiarid in the inland north. The population is 6.1 million (2011) and largely rural. Agriculture accounts for 53% of the workforce and 31.9% of GDP. Demand for rice has been increasing and, although domestic production is increasing, much rice is still imported.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and *National Rice Development Strategy Togo, October 2010.




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sierra-leone

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 840
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011:  160 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 0 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: rice, cassava, fermented beverages, vegetables including oils, fruits, fish, pulses, wheat
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 92.3 kg milled rice per person per year

Production season

 

Planting

Harvesting
Main
Apr-Jul
Sep-Jan


Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):


Sierra Leone, between Guinea and Liberia on the West African coast facing the Atlantic Ocean, is a small country, with a population of 6 million (2011) in an area of 71,740 km2. It consists of a large swampy coastal plain and inner agricultural areas that were previously tropical forest, and an eastern plateau. About 15% of the land was arable in 2009. More than half the workforce (60%) is engaged in agriculture, mainly at the subsistence level, contributing 44.4% to GDP (2011).

Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.




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rwanda

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 1,270
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 9.5 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 0 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: plantains, starchy roots, fermented beverages, vegetables, pulses, milk, maize, sorghum
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 9.6 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons

 

Planting

Harvesting
First wet
Sep-Oct
Jan-Feb
Second wet
Feb-Mar
May-Jun


Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):


Rwanda in Central Africa is the most densely populated country on the continent, with a population of 10.9 million (2011) in an area of 26,338 km2. Rwanda is landlocked, surrounded by Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda, with part of its western border in Lake Kivu. Most of the country is made up of grassy plains and hills, with some mountainous areas, such that more than half is arable (52.7% of the land area). The great majority of the workforce (89%) is engaged in agriculture and contributes 32% to GDP. The climate is temperate and there are two wet seasons, in September-December and March-May. Rice consumption and production are increasing in the country, although much rice consumed is imported.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.




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