Rice, the staple food in Asia is thus ubiquitous especially the wet paddy. To a smaller scale hill or dry paddy is grown where water for irrigation is not available.
Manifestations of human culture, material or other forms have co-evolved around paddy as the crop, rice as food along with the environment - landscapes, water sources, weather, animals, (other) plants, knowledge, technology. Without the cultural aspects coming into play paddy cultivation would be purely a back-breaking way to eat and live.
Vietnam and Thailand are the two main exporters of rice in Asia.
Bandung
Bali
Bario Highlands, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tg. Karang, Malaysia - mechanised harvesting
Rice cultivation, North Luzon, Philippines
Bangladesh, monsoon season.
India
Kuniharu Kiyomiya and Dr. Elkinton talk to Japanese farmers (extending US technology a decade after WWR).
Elsewhere:
Baltistan
Gambia, Africa (yesteryear)
Tg. Karang, Malaysia - mechanised harvesting
Traditional rice varieties, Sarawak.
India (yesteryear)
Honshu Island, Japan (yesteryear)
Kuniharu Kiyomiya and Dr. Elkinton talk to Japanese farmers (extending US technology a decade after WWR).
China
China (yesteryear)
North Vietnam (yesteryear)
Rice stockpile.Thailand, the largest exporter of rice.
Elsewhere:
Baltistan
Gambia, Africa (yesteryear)
Surinam, Africa (yesteryear)
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