Ancient cultivated rice:importantarchaeological findings Rice,a crop cultivated by man with long history,is the staple food on which half of the worldpopulation lives.When and where did rice farmingoriginate? Is rice in China an indigenous plant or theone introduced from abroad?Different opinions havebeen held for over one hundred years. People oncethought that rice was firstly cultivated in India,afterwards introduced into China and Southeast Asiafrom South Asia. Ancient cultivated rice: importantarchaeological findings Rice, a crop cultivated by man with long history, is the staple food on which half of the worldpopulation lives.When and where did rice farmingoriginate? Is rice in China an indigenous plant or theone introduced from abroad? Different have once held that over a hundred years. People oncethought that rice was created cultivated in India, afterwards introduced into China and Southeast Asia from South Asia.