It is clear from the world distribution map that wheat is grown over a very wide area. There are over 232 million hectares (573 million acres) of land under wheat production and the annual harvest is estimated to be 386 million tonnes. It is clear from the table that the major wheat exporters of the […]
World’s Largest Wheat Producing Countries | Economic Geography
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Here is a list of world’s largest rice producing countries:- 1. China 2. India 3. Bangladesh 4. Japan 5. Parts of South-East Asia. Rice Production in China: The greatest rice producer in the world is undoubtedly China (36 per cent). Padi is grown mainly in the warmer south in the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) and Xi […]
World’s Largest Cotton Producing Countries | Economic Geography
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The world cotton-growing and manufacturing industry has traditionally been dominated by the U.S.A. but it has been overtaken in cotton textile production by both the U.S.S.R. and China. Thus although the U.S.A. is still the largest producer of raw cotton because its farming is more efficient it finds it uneconomic to manufacture textiles and finished […]