Rice is a cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide. Cereal crops or Grains are mostly found cultivated for their edible brans or fruit seeds. In botany, a caryopsis is a type of simple dry fruit. Cereal grains are grown in larger quantities and provide energy worldwide than any other type of crops they are therefore staple crops. They are also a rich source of carbohydrates. In some developing nations (Sri Lanka, India), grain in the form of rice or corn constitutes practically the entire diet. In developed nations (USA), cereal consumption is both more moderate and varied but still substantial(substantial Rice Agriculture).

agribusiness is a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in food production, including farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales. The term has two distinctly different connotations depending on context.
Within the agriculture industry, agribusiness is widely used simply as a convenient portmanteau of agriculture and business, referring to the range of activities and disciplines encompassed by modern food production. There are academic degrees in and departments of agribusiness, agribusiness trade associations, agribusiness publications, and so forth, worldwide. Here, the term is only descriptive, and is synonymous in the broadest sense with food industry.
Among critics of large-scale, industrialized, vertically integrated food production, the term agribusiness is used as a negative, synonymous with corporate farming. As such, it is often contrasted with family farm. Some negative connotation is also derived from the negative associations of "business" and "corporation" from critics of capitalism or corporate excess.
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AgroSphere is a Sri Lankan Agriculture Blog. It's Author is a student of Wayamba University.