China Type Climate, Gulf Type Climate & Natal Type Climate

Economic

Farming in Monsoon China

• A third of the world’s rice is grown in China, though the huge population leaves very little for export.
• Monsoon China has all the ideal conditions for padi cultivation; a warm climate, moderately wet throughout the year, and extensive lowlands with fertile moisture-retentive alluvial soil, which if necessary, can be easily irrigated.
• As the flat lands are insufficient for rice cultivation, farmers move up the hill-slopes and grow padi on terraced uplands.

Agriculture in the Gulf States

• Lack of population pressure and the urge to export gave rise to corn, cotton and tobacco.

Corn

• The ....