What Has Changed For Rice Cultivation In The Last 50 Years? by National University of Singapore

Rice is an important crop, especially to Asians.

This infographic aims to explore the change in terms of area used for rice cultivation, yield, export value and consumption rate of rice in the past 50 years (limited to data available up till 2013).

Top rice exporters and consumers were identified, and it is interesting to note that the two lists and maps are not entirely the same.

The yield of rice has kept pace with increased consumption rate.