China is the world's top producer and consumer of rice. In Longsheng and in most of China, the planting, weeding, irrigating and harvesting is done by hand with the help of water buffalo for plowing. Between 1000 and 2000 man hours are required to raise a crop on 2.5 acres of land (http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat9/sub63/item344.html). In the Yangtze River Valley, rice is generally planted from April through June and is harvested from August through October. In other parts of China, there are two harvests, one in July and one in October.
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