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Some rice facts & trivia

Ways to say black rice in different languages:

Africaswart rys
Albanianoriz i zi
Arabicأسود الأرز
ArmenianՍեւ բրինձ
Azerbaijaniqara düyü
BasqueArroz beltza
Belarusianчорны рыс
Bulgarianчерен ориз
Catalanarròs negre
Chinese黑米
Croatiancrna riža
Czechčerná rýže
Danishsorte ris
Dutchzwarte rijst
Estonianmust riis
Filipinoitim na bigas
Finnishmusta riisi
Frenchriz noir
Galicianarroz negro
Georgianშავი ბრინჯით
GermanSchwarzer Reis
GreekΜαύρο ρύζι
Haitian creolenwa diri
Hebrewאורז שחור
Hindiकाले चावल
Hungarianfekete rizs
Icelandingsvartur hrísgrjón
Indonesianberas hitam
Irishrís dubh
Italianriso nero
Japanese黒米
Korean검은 쌀
Latvianmelns rīsi
Lithuanianjuodųjų ryžių
Macedonianцрн ориз
Malayberas hitam
Malteseiswed ross
Norwegiansort ris
Persianبرنج سیاه و سفید
Polishczarny ryż
Portugesearroz preto
Romaniannegru de orez
Russianчерный рис
Serbianцрна рижа
Slovakčierna ryža
Sloveniančrni riž
Spanisharroz negro
Swahilimchele mweusi
Swedishsvart ris
Thaiข้าวสีดำ
Turkishsiyah pirinç
Ukrainianчорний рис
Urduسیاہ چاول
Vietnamesemàu đen gạo
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Yiddishשוואַרץ רייַז

  • Around half of the world’s population (China, Indonesia & India) depend on rice for sustenance.
  • Rice cultivation may have started at around 5,000 BC.
  • Large portions of the world’s population spend up ¾’s of their incomes on rice alone.
  • Most of Asia’s Rice production comes from the enhanced assortments of rice that are planted on ¾ of Asia's rice farming land.
  • There are around 250 million rice farms in Asia.
  • The words used for “Food” & “Rice” are the same in several Asian languages.
  • Every year at least 65 kilos of rice are produced per every single person on Earth.
  • The exact number of different types of rice is unknown, but there are around 140k known types.
  • Rice can be found everywhere except Antarctica.
  • At least half of all the Rice produced is consumed within 10 miles of where it was grown
  • Rice can be grown in almost any environment, and is the highest yielding cereal grain. You can more than 3,000 grains of rice from a single seed.