Over 50 percent of the world’s population relies on rice for 80 percent of it’s food requirements.
Water is used in rice fields to prevent weeds…
Water is used in rice fields to prevent weeds. Rice doesn’t actually need that much water, but since it can thrive in such conditions, whereas weeds cannot, it’s a natural protection against them. 00
There is a small village in Japan that invented the practice…
There is a small village in Japan that invented the practice of rice paddy art whereby 4 different strains of rice are planted in a pattern so that they form a picture once the rice matures.