Indica rice, and rice cross-bred with Indica, account for 80 per cent of the world’s rice output.

European rice market can be sub-divided into two major rice varieties, Japonica rice, and Indica rice.

Most of all the varieties of rice in the world can be categorised into two main types: Japonica Rice and Indica Rice.

At the beginning, the round japonica rice and the long indica rice were grown together.

Pictured is a mixture of brown, white, and red indica rice, (also containing wild rice).