rice is compartively hardy, pest-resistant, low-labour, and suited to a larger variety of African conditions.

Overall, O. glaberrima is considered a much more desirable and healthier choice in places like Nigeria by West African farmers, where it is used to make Ofada rice because of its high nutrition content, despite being less popular than O. sativa cultivars as of lc=yes 2019.

History

It is highly likely that humans have independently domesticated two different rice species.

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