Origin And History Of Rice

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for domestication were in areas offering a wide range of plant and animal associations within a limit geographical areas. Some sites offered a variety of food sources over a span of seasons to societies dependent on hunting and gathering for their food supply. These early settlements were near the edge of the uplands but on gently rolling topography and close to small rivers that provided a reliable water supply. The earliest agriculture may have been developed by accident when women settlement recognized that the mix of plant life growing around he midden was especially rich in edible forms. Early agriculture focused on plants that reproduced vegetatively, but the seeds of easily shattering varieties of wild rice such as Oryza fatua may have found their way to the gardens at an early date.
Price Fluctuations between Seasons
“Prices on free markets reflect the balancing of demand and supply.”(FAO Marketing Guide No.6, Rice Marketing, Abbott, Barter, Kelly, p. 132). ...

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