Home Rural Asia quiz Rural Asia quiz Question 1 / 10 What bird was (and still is in some places) traditionally used in rural parts of China and Japan to catch fish? Heron Kingfisher Cormorant Gannet Which Asian country has the highest percentage of rural dwellers? Sri Lanka Cambodia India Nepal What animal is known as ‘the tractor of the east’ due to the millennia of assistance it has provided farmers in parts of Asia? Yak Water buffalo Asian elephant Javan rhinoceros In what year is it believed China’s urban population exceeded its rural population for the first time? 1900 2011 1990 1951 What fish species is the most farmed in Asia? Carp Catfish Bass Tilapia Why did Indian farmers camp in their thousands on the outskirts of Delhi and blockade roads with tractors in 2021? To protest new laws designed to reduce the government’s role in agriculture and open the sector to private interests. To protest a massive new dam planned for fertile land along the Ganges where about 5 percent of all India’s food is produced. To call for the government to do more about global warming, which has seen farming become untenable in some areas. To protest a government deal with Monsanto that would contract its seed purchasing agency to buy seeds that have been genetically modified to only last one generation, forcing farmers to purchase seed annually. By volume, what crop does India produce most of? Sugarcane Rice Maize Wheat What is the average age of a farmer in Japan? 33 44 54 67 When most people think of rural Asia paddy fields spring to mind with their iconic terraces cascading down lush green hillsides. Paddy (or padi) means rice plant, but from which language is it derived? Japanese Malay Chinese Korean What did the Sri Lankan government ban in 2021 causing food production to plummet and contributing to the country’s economic crisis? Chemical fertilisers and pesticides Imported farm vehicles WWOOFers (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) Farming collectives Back Submit
