Indispensable in Asian cuisine, the largest rice producers in the world are China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Japan and only after these is Brazil, thus leaving Asia responsible for 89.9% of production.
However, it is important to emphasize that all parts of the world consume and produce rice of different types, the American continent is responsible for 5% of its production, the African for 4.2%, the European for 0.5% and the ocean for 0.1%, after all it is not in vain that the grain is responsible for 33% of the world production of cereals, second only to the production of wheat and corn.
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How important is rice?
origin of rice
Discovered in the regions of China and India more than 10 thousand years ago, after being used for a long time as a currency of exchange, rice was already easily spread around the world.
Easy to adapt to the climate and land, even before the large commercial production of rice in Brazil, the Tupi people already produced American-type rice. Therefore, rice is of fundamental importance, as it has already fed many peoples around the world, even being called for a time as “Dhanya” which for the Portuguese, means sustenance for humans, the grain is also the protagonist in some Asian stories that see it as a gift from the gods for sustenance human.
world production
Being consumed all over the world, the grain has become of great commercial value, China leads the production, both in Asia and in the world, having 27% of world rice production, while Asia owns 30%. In the Americas, rice production is led by Brazil, standing out in the production of 11.7 million tons of grain in the year, the country has 43% of rice production in the Americas.
types of rice
There are more than 2,000 types of rice being cultivated around the world, each with its specificities, but in Brazil it is very common to find some such as: polished rice, known as white rice, very popular, cheaper and with less nutritional value, is a rice that can be accompanied with several revenues; brown rice, which has more nutritional value than white; parboiled rice, which, like brown rice, is very nutritious and Japanese rice, softer and creamier, very common in Japanese cuisine recipes.
Rice and our health
Feeding about 3.5 billion people around the world, rice is a carbohydrate full of benefits, of several types, rice has proteins, iron, vitamin B, combats malnutrition, has low levels of fat, is easy to digest and is also a great ally for taking care of hair and skin. skin.
