terraced farms
Staircase-shaped cultivation plots
Terraced farms are agricultural lands carved into hillsides as a series of flat steps, allowing cultivation on steep terrain that would otherwise erode.
The technique, ancient and worldwide, maximizes arable land while controlling water runoff: The terraced farms of the Philippine rice paddies have been cultivated for over two thousand years.
- rice paddiesFlooded fields for grain
- paddy fieldsIrrigated land for grain
- hillsideSloping terrain face
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- water managementControlling aquatic resource distribution
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