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  2. Paddy field - Wikipedia

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    Banaue Rice Terraces of Luzon, Philippines, carved into steep mountainsides Taro fields (loʻi) in Hanalei Valley, Kaua'i, Hawaii Paddy field placed under the valley of Madiun, Indonesia Farmers planting rice in Cambodia. A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.

  3. Puddling (agriculture) - Wikipedia

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    Puddling is the tillage of rice paddies while flooded, an ancient practice that is used to prepare for rice cultivation. Historically, this has been accomplished by dragging a weighted harrow across a flooded paddy field behind a buffalo or ox, and is now accomplished using mechanized approaches, often using a two-wheel tractor.

  4. Rice production in China - Wikipedia

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    Paddy field in south-western in Yunnan. China is among the bulk of significant domestication centres and originating rice regions worldwide. The surrounding regions of the Yangtze River and the Yunnan-Guizhou highland of Southern China are the domestication centres with varying evidence derived from the belief that wild rice is primarily found in Southern China, where the Yangtze River is ...

  5. List of countries by rice production - Wikipedia

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    Rice production by country (2019) This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457 [1] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.

  6. Rice production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Dikes are used to protect the rice paddy fields from the channels of saltwater which overflow during high tide. Karabane, Senegal, 2008; similar delta cultivation techniques were used in West Africa back to at least the 15th century. [9] Similar dike, used to grow rice in the early United States, now abandoned and reclaimed by woodland [9]

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    Instead, here are nine completely free, simple-to-use budget templates and spreadsheets that are available to download right now. 1. Microsoft Excel Personal Monthly Budget Spreadsheet

  8. National Paddy Day - Wikipedia

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    The date falls during the monsoon season, an optimal time for rice planting. [6] On 14 December 2004, the Nepal Government officially declared Ashadh 15 as National Paddy Day. [5] The celebration takes place under the theme of "Increase rice production for self-sufficiency and prosperity". [7]

  9. Direct seeded rice - Wikipedia

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    Direct seeded rice (DSR) [2] [3] is a practice of sowing paddy which involves planting rice seeds directly into the field, instead of the traditional method of growing seedlings in nurseries and then transplanting them into the fields. This method significantly reduces the demand for labor, one of the major costs associated with rice farming.