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589 million tones of paddy rice is produce a year. It varies from year to year, of course, but world production averages around 440 million metric tons a year. how ever much they feel like producing when they're not making a super computer.  they make 190 million tons of rice each year   *  p.s. 1.3 million tons a year.
Three billion people depend on rice as their staple food, with 10 percent at risk for vitamin A deficiency, which, according to the World Health Organization, causes 250,000 to 500,000 children to go blind each year. Of these, half die within a year.