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This list of the 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (日本の棚田百選, Nihon no tanada hyakusen) is an initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to promote the maintenance and preservation of the terraces alongside public interest in agriculture and rural areas.
Terraced fields in the Jabal Haraz region of Yemen. Rice terraces in Sa Pa, Vietnam. Rice terraces of the Hani people in Yunnan, China. Rice terrace in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. A terrace in agriculture is a flat surface that has been cut into hills or mountains to provide areas for the cultivation for crops, as a method of more effective ...
The first paddy fields in Japan date to the Early Yayoi period (300 BC – 250 AD). [29] The Early Yayoi has been re-dated, [30] and based on studies of early Japanese paddy formations in Kyushu it appears that wet-field rice agriculture in Japan was directly adopted from the Lower Yangtze river basin in Eastern China. [citation needed]
This list is of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (世界農業遺産, Sekai nōgyō isan) (), as designated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [1] [2] and Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (日本農業遺産, Nihon nōgyō isan) (JNIAHS), [3] as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), [4] in Japan.
Danbata (terraced fields) in Yusumizugaura (遊子水荷浦の段畑, Yusumizugaura no danbata) [58] 1.1 Uwajima, Ehime: 2007 Okuuchi rice terraces, agricultural and mountainous village landscape (奥内の棚田及び農山村景観, Okuuchi no tanada oyobi nōsanson keikan) [59] 1.1 Matsuno, Ehime: 2017
One would assume that a place known solely for growing rice would have little else to offer, but a town in Japan shows the world that's not the case. The people living in Inakadate have been ...
Rice production is important to the food supply, with rice being a staple part of the Japanese diet. Japan is the ninth largest producer of rice in the world. [1] The rice seasons in Northern Japan last from May–June to September–October. In central Japan, it is from April–May to August–October.
Today, of the 236,112 acres of rice fields that were documented, about 39,000 acres of tidal rice fields still have dike and water infrastructure and are managed for wildlife, such as Nemours.