[Answer] Rice, corn, sugar cane, and wheat are the major crops in which country?

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...Nepal is a poor country, with almost one-third of its countrymen living beneath the poverty line. Agriculture provides the livelihood for nearly three-fourths of the population. It accounts for 38 percent of the nation's GDP. Industrial activity in the nation focuses on processing of agricultural produce. The major crops produced in the country are rice, corn, sugar cane and wheat. Tourism, once a key source of income for the nation's peoples and a mainstay of foreign exchange, has decreased because of internal conflicts in this tiny nation. Source: WorldFacts.us

[Answer] How many original "founder crops" are there in agriculture history?

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...There are eight crops that make the list of "founder crops" of agriculture: emmer and einkorn wheat, barley, peas, chick peas, flax, bitter vetch and lentils. DNA studies show the bulk of domesticated neolithic crops are traceable to the region of modern-day Turkey. Small-scale agriculture began in Egypt by 7000 BCE. From that time forward, wheat and barley farming spread across the Indian subcontinent. Within a thousand years, mid-scale farming along the banks of the Nile was firmly entrenched. In the Far East, near the same time, rice emerged as the primary crop. Source: NAU.edu