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HISTORY OF RICE
Rice is one of man's most important foods.
- It is the main source of nutrition for more than three-quarters of the world population.
- The word for rice is a synonym for ‘food’ or ‘agriculture’ in some countries.
- Archeological evidence suggests rice has been feeding humankind for more than 5,000 years.
- In 1924, the first commercial crop of rice was grown by eight farmers around the townships of Leeton and Griffith in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
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ABOUT RICE
 History of Rice
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