Rice Production in China

China is the world's largest producer of rice, and the crop makes up a little less than half of the country's total grain output. China accounts for 26% of all world rice production. In a given year total rice output came from four different crops. The early rice crop grows primarily in provinces along the Yangtze River and in provinces in the south; it is planted in February to April and harvested in June and July and contributes about 34 percent to total rice output.

Rice Fields



After centuries of rice production Chinese farmers developed the best way possible to get the best output out of their lands. They created the rice fields on the side of mountains and build their houses on the worst lands surrounding their fields.