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paddy

agriculture

Also known as: rice paddy

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Last Updated: Mar 19, 2024 • Article History

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Also called:: rice paddy

Related Topics:: rice; aquaponics; crop production

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Farmers seek release of water from Manimuthar dam to save paddy crop

paddy, small, level, flooded field used to cultivate rice in southern and eastern Asia. Wet-rice cultivation is the most prevalent method of farming in the Far East, where it utilizes a small fraction of the total land yet feeds the majority of the rural population. Rice was domesticated as early as 3500 bc, and by about 2,000 years ago it was grown in almost all of the present-day cultivation areas, predominantly deltas, floodplains and coastal plains, and some terraced valley slopes. Many paddies are flooded by rivers and rainfall during monsoon season, while others must be irrigated. The paddies have ...(100 of 167 words)

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