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Appendix Table 4. Rice crop calendar, by country. CROP AND COUNTRY

Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

ASIA Bangladesh Aus Transplanted aman Broadcasted aman Boro

Apr Jul-Aug Apr Dec

Jul-Sep Nov-Jan Late Oct-Dec Apr-May

Aug Dec Nov May

Cambodia Main Second

Jun-Jul Dec-Jan

Dec-Jan Mar

China, PR Early crop Intermediate a Late rice Northern

Feb-May Mar-May Jun-Jul Mid-Apr to Mid-Jun

Jun-Jul Aug-Oct Oct-Nov

Taiwan, China Main Second

Jan-Mar May to Mid-Aug

May-Jul Sep-Nov

Jun Oct

India Kharif Early Main Rabi (summer)

Mar-May Jun-Oct Nov-Feb

Jun-Dec Nov-Apr Mar-Jun

Aug-Sep Nov-Jan Apr-May

Oct-Mar May-Jun Jul-Nov Oct-Jan

Feb-Jun Aug-Oct Dec-Mar Jan-Jun

Mar-May Aug-Sep Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

Apr-Jun Nov-Feb May-Jun Jun-Jul

Jul-Oct Apr-Jun Aug-Sep Sep-Oct

Jul-Sep May Aug-Sep Sep-Oct

Iraq

May

Late Aug to Mid-Nov

Japan

Apr-May

Sep-Nov

Oct

Korea DPR

May-Jun

Sep-Oct

Sep

Korea Rep

Jun-Jul

Oct-Nov

Oct

Lao PDR

Jun-Aug

Nov-Dec

Iran

May-Jun

Aug-Sep

Lebanon

May

Sep-Oct

Malaysia Main West

Sep-Oct

Nov-Mar

Indonesiab Main Java S. Sulawesi N. Sumatra S. Sumatra Second Java S. Sulawesi N. Sumatra S. Sumatra

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Jul Sep Sep

Dec-Feb

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Appendix Table 4. Continued CROP AND COUNTRY

Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

ASIA (continued) Malaysia Main Sabah Sarawak Second West

Jun-Aug Oct-Nov

Jan-Mar Mar-Apr

Jan-Feb

Apr-May

Jul-Oct

Sep

Myanmar Main Second

Jun Nov

Nov-Jan Mar-May

Dec Apr

Nepal Early Late

Late May-Aug Jun-Jul

Aug-Sep Nov

Pakistan

Mid-Apr to Mid-Jul

Mid-Oct to Nov

Early Nov

Philippines Main Second Third

Jul-Sep Jan-Feb

Nov-Jan Apr-Jun May-Jun

Dec May Sep-Nov

Saudi Arabia

Jul

Nov

Sri Lanka Maha (main) Yala

Oct-Nov Apr-May

Feb-Mar Aug-Sep

Feb

Syria

Jul-May

Mid-Sep to Oct

Oct

Thailand Main North Northeast Central South Second

May-Jun Jun-Aug Jun-Jul Sep-Nov Jan-May

Nov-Jan Nov-Jan Nov-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug

Nov-Jan

Turkey

Apr-May

Sep-Oct

Oct

May to Early Sep May-Sep May-Early Oct

Late Sep to Nov Sep to Mid-Dec Late Nov to Feb

Jan to Early Mar Jan-Early Mar Mid-Dec to Early Mar Oct-Nov

May-Jun Apr-May

Apr-May Apr-May Apr-Jun

Aug-Sep Late Jul to Sep Jul-Oct

Vietnam 10th month (main) North Central South Winter-spring North Central South 5th month spring Summer-fall North Central South

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Mar-May

May-Jun

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Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

Argentina

Mid-Sep to Mid-Dec

Mid-Mar to Mid-Jun

Apr

Bolivia

Oct-Nov

Jan-Mar

Feb-Mar

Aug-Dec

Feb-May

Mar-May

Aug-Oct

Nov-Dec

Apr-Jun Apr

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil South Mar-Apr Northeast Oct North May Chile

Oct-Nov

Mar-Apr

Colombia Summer (main) Winter

Mar-Apr

Jun-Aug Dec-Feb

Ecuador Winter (main) Summer

Dec-Feb May-Aug

Apr-Jun Aug-Dec

French Guiana Upland Lowland

Whole year-round

Guyana Autumn (main) Spring

May-Jun Dec-Jan

Sep-Oct Feb-May

Oct Mar-Apr

Paraguay

Sep-Dec

Jan-Mar

Feb-Mar

Peru

Jan-Feb

May-Jul

Jul

Surinam First Second

Oct-Nov

Apr-May Mar-Apr

Uruguay

Oct-Dec

Mar-Jul

Apr-May

Venezuela Spring Winter

Apr-Jun

Jan-Feb Sep-Nov

Feb Oct

May

Mar-Oct

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Appendix Table 4. Continued CROP AND COUNTRY

Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

Belize Main Second

Apr-Jun Oct-Nov

Sep-Dec Mar-May

Oct-Dec

Costa Rica North South

Nov-Dec Aug-Sep

Cuba

Mar-Jun

Aug-Dec

Dominican Rep Spring (main) Winter

Apr-Aug Jan-Feb

Jul-Dec

El Salvador

Jun-Jul

Oct-Dec

Nov

Guatemala

Apr-May

Aug-Dec

Nov

Haiti First Second

Oct-Nov Apr-May

Mar-Apr Sep-Oct

Honduras

Apr-May

Sep-Oct

Jamaica

Dec-Jan

Dec-Jan

Mexico

Mid-Mar to Mid-Jul

Nicaragua

Jun-Jul

Nov-Feb

Dec

Panama Main Second

Apr-May Aug-Sep

Aug-Oct Dec-Jan

Sep

St. Lucia

Nov-Dec

Nov

Trinidad & Tobago Early Dec

Jun-Early Aug

Late Oct-

Nov

USA Gulf California

Apr-Jun Apr-Jun

Aug-Oct Mid-Sep to Nov

Late Aug-Sep Oct

NORTH AMERICA

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Mid-Sep to Mid-Jan

Oct-Dec

Oct

Nov

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Appendix Table 4. Continued CROP AND COUNTRY

Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

Algeria

Apr-May

Mid-Sep to Mid-Oct

Angola

Mid-Oct to Mid-Jul

Mid-Mar to Mid-May

Benin

Mid-Apr to Mid-Jul

Mid-Aug to Mid-Dec

Burkina Faso

Mid-May to Mid-Jul

Mid-Oct to Mid-Nov

Burundi

Mid-Oct to Mid-Dec

Mid-May to Mid-Jul

Jun

Cameroon North South

Jun-Jul Aug

Nov-Dec Dec-Jan

Dec

Central African Rep

Jul

Nov

Chad

Jun-Jul

Oct-Dec

Congo

Nov

Apr-May

Côte d'Ivoire

Mar-Jul

Mid Aug to Mid-Dec

Egypt North (main) South

Late Apr to Jun Jul-Aug

Mid-Sep to Oct Dec-Jan

Ethiopia

Apr-Jun

Dec-Jan

Gambia

Jun-Jul

Oct-Nov

Gabon

Mid-Nov to Mid-Jan

Mid-May to Mid-Jun

Ghana

Mid-Mar to Mid-May

Mid-Jul to Mid-Oct

Guinea Major Minor

Apr-May May-Aug

Sep-Oct Oct-Jan

Kenya Main Second

Nov-Dec Jun-Jul

Liberia Upland Swamp

Mid-Apr to Jul Jul-Aug

Sep to Mid-Dec Dec-Jan

Madagascar

Oct-Nov

Apr-Jun

Mali

Jun-Jul

Late Nov to Jan

Malawi

Mid-Nov to Dec

Apr-Jun

Mauritania

Jun

Oct-Nov

AFRICA

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Oct

Oct

Oct

Nov

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Appendix Table 4. Continued CROP AND COUNTRY

Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

AFRICA (continued) Mauritius

May-Jun

Morocco

Jul-Aug

Aug

Mozambique

May-Jun

Jun

Niger

Mid-Jul to Mid-Aug

Mid-Nov to Mid-Dec

Nigeria

Mid-Apr to May

Aug-Sep

Oct

Rwanda

Mid-Oct to Mid-Dec

Mid-May to Mid-Jul

Jun

Senegal Casamance Fleuve

Jun-Jul Jun-Jul

Nov-Jan Oct-Dec

Nov

Sierra Leone Upland Inland swamp Mangrove swamp Boliland Riverain

May-Jun May-Jul Jul-Aug May-Jul Apr-May

Aug-Oct Sep-Dec Dec-Jan Dec-Jan Dec-Jan

Somalia

May

Sep

Sudan

Jun

Oct

Swaziland Main Second

Jan-Feb Apr-Jul

Mid-Feb

Tanzania Mainland Zanzibar

Jun-Oct Jun-Aug

Jul-Aug Jun-Jul

Togo

May

Mid-Oct to Mid-Nov

Uganda First crop Second crop Third crop

Jan-Feb Jun-Jul Sep-Nov

Oct-Nov

Zaire (Congo, Dem. Rep.) North Feb South Oct

Mid-Sep

Jun Jan

WESTERN EUROPE

Mar-Apr

Sep-Oct

Oct

Greece

May

Sep-Oct

Sep

Italy

Apr-May

End Aug to Early Nov

Sep

Portugal

Mar-May

Aug-Oct

Sep

Spain

May

Sep-Oct

Sep

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Appendix Table 4. Continued CROP AND COUNTRY Planting

Harvest

Bulk of harvest

EASTERN EUROPE Albania

Apr-May

Oct

Oct

Bulgaria

Mar-Apr

Jul-Aug

Aug

Hungary

Apr-May

Sep-Oct

Oct

Romania

Apr-May

Sep-Oct

Oct

Former USSR

Apr-May

Aug-Sep

Sep

Australia New South Wales Western Australia

Oct Nov

Mar-May Apr-May

Apr

Fiji

Feb-Jul

Apr-May

Papua New Guinea

May-Aug

Jun-Jul

Solomon Islands

Whole year-round

Tonga

Apr-May

OCEANIA

a Includes single crop late rice. b If irrigation is available, especially in Java and Bali, rice is harvested whole year-round and in some sites, a third rice crop can be harvested at least once every 2 years. Java s for 62% of the total rice production. Source: USDA. 1986. Foreign agriculture circular. Grains. Reference tables on rice supply-distribution for individual countries. Washington, D.C.

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