{"id":4932,"date":"2023-01-14T19:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T00:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2023-01-14T19:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T00:36:54","slug":"why-is-rice-an-important-commodity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is rice an important commodity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rice is an important commodity for several reasons. It is a staple food for over half of the world&#8217;s population, and is a major source of nutrition and caloric intake for people in many developing countries. Rice is also an important crop for small-scale farmers and rural communities, as it is relatively easy to grow and requires less water and land than many other staple crops. Additionally, rice is used in a wide range of cultural and traditional dishes, and its cultivation has social, economic, and environmental importance.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/commodities\/?commodity=rice\">Historical price of rice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/agriculture\/?commodity=milled-rice&amp;graph=production\">Rice production and consumption statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice is an important commodity for several reasons. It is a staple food for over half of the world&#8217;s population, and is a major source of nutrition and caloric intake for people in many developing countries. Rice is also an important crop for small-scale farmers and rural communities, as it is relatively easy to grow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Why is rice an important commodity?' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/why-is-rice-an-important-commodity\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[206,770,1397,652,1392,1391],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4936,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/4936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}