Rice is grown for the staple food in the Mekong countries and they also export rice.
Rice is the basic food crop for more than half of the world’s populations, specifically, populations in Asia, Sub-Sahara, Africa and South America largely consume rice.
Rice can be grown in different types of soil and climatic conditions but it is very important to have optimum conditions such as soil, water and temperature to grow rice economically.
As the rice plant respond differently to soil type, temperature, rainfall conditions and the day-length, the yields may also vary based on the different varieties.