HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Northern, Southern
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Western, Northern
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Southern, Northern
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Eastern, Southern
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rice, China’s most important crop, is dominant in the southern provinces, many of which yield two harvests per year.
Detailed explanation-2: -Archaelogical finds suggest that a community of early rice growers existed in China as far back as 8000 B.C. Today, rice is cultivated across eastern and southeastern China. More than 90% of China’s rice is irrigated and, in some areas, two crops per year can be grown.
Detailed explanation-3: -Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River Agriculture is highly developed with a high total yield of agricultural products and a high commodity rate. It is the main integrated agricultural production area and the base for rice, cotton, oil crop, tea, silk, pigs and fish.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rice variety named PR23 can yield eight consecutive harvests across four years. Farmers in China are now growing a perennial variety of rice which does not need to be planted every year. The invention could transform rice farming by making it climate-friendly, besides using less of labour and other inputs.