wet rice
Irrigated grain crop
Wet rice is rice cultivated in flooded paddies, the dominant method of rice farming across Asia.
The standing water suppresses weeds and provides a controlled growing environment.
The term distinguishes this from dry rice or upland rice, which grows in rain-fed fields without irrigation: Wet rice agriculture transformed Southeast Asian civilizations.
- paddyFlooded rice-growing field
- floodedCovered with water
- standing waterAccumulated unmoving liquid
- terracesRaised flat outdoor areas
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
water management · Asia · planting · planting season · harvest · harvest time · mud · seedlings · green shoots · monsoon · fields · submerged · cultivation · grain · stalks · tropical · water buffalo · transplanting
- Southeast Asian peoplesThai, Khmer, Vietnamese, Lao, Malay
- subsistencefood, hunger, starvation, basic needs, sustenance
- Wa peopleheadhunting, spirit worship, village chiefs