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Jan 1953
Rice Irrigation in Louisiana
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Volume 118, Issue 1
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Rice is the principal energy food of the population of the world and is the main staple food for China, India, Japan, Indo-China, Siam, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Malaya, and Madagascar. More than 96% of the world's annual rice crop is produced in the Far East. The principal production countries in the temperate region are Italy, the United States, Spain, Brazil, and Egypt. The consumption of rice in the Far East ranges from 200 lb per capita per year in India, China, Java, and the Philippines to from 300 lb to 400 lb per capita per year in Japan and Siam.
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E. E. Shutts, M.ASCE
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