"Le riz est la principale culture de cette région."

Translation: Rice is the main crop of that region.

[TartanArmyDosh]

Mon dieu! It's bad enough when I get the french grammar wrong, but spelling 'principal' as 'principle' has REALLY annoyed me..Doh!

[sosa.jose]

ur not wrong. "principal" is a school principal. My wife was one so I know cause we've been through this. she says "it ends in "pal" and I'm the student's pal" and that's how you know. Otherwise, it's "principle"

[elDubl]

No this is incorrect. Principal can also be used as an adjective, in this case as a synonym for 'main', whereas 'principle' is a noun only and in this case would be would be incorrect.

[sosa.jose]

Here it is a year later but I really want to thank you nevertheless. Merci bien.

[Nikitakimba]

I think that's what Tartanarmydosh was saying - that it's annoying when you put the wrong English word into the translation when you really do know the difference (hence his/her "Doh!").

[rusted.tree]

Should there be a liaison between "riz" and "est"?

[ninomde]

No, there is no liaison between the subject and the verb.
http://www.lepointdufle.net/ressources_fle/liaisons_obligatoires_liaisons_interdites.htm

[Sydney.MacDonald]

"Rice is the main cultivar of that region" should be accepted.

[talideon]

Cultivar mean something else: it refers to a cultivated variant of a crop, not the crop itself. The Granny Smith is an apple cultivar, but apples themselves are not a cultivar.

If you were referring to, for instance, basmati rice specifically, you'd be correct. However, simply accepting cultivar as equivalent to crop is not correct, so I wouldn't support adding it as a valid alternative.

[RO_4_PM]

couldn't 'harvest' work here?

[talideon]

No, because 'culture' when referring to plants only ever means 'crop', not 'harvest'.