WET RICE CULTIVATION

IPO on WET RICE

1. Wet-rice Agriculture Definition: Wet rice cultivation is the growing of padi on flooded fields in the lowlands of hot and wet regions. Where is it practiced? Tropical Region Permanent 1.China (largest exporter of rice in the world)   2.India (second largest exporter of rice in the world)   Other Countries: Indonesia,Italy,Japan,Korea,Madagascar

2. Inputs Human inputs Chemical Fertilizers Animal Manure Large labour force Water buffaloes for ploughing Rice seeds annual floods deposit rich layers of alluvium (silt) Physical inputs Flat Land Sunlight Rainfall Five month growing season Temperatures over 21°C Monsoon rainfall over 2000mm Flat land flooded Dry time for harvesting Heavy alluvial or clay soils to provide an impermeable layer

3. Processes Ploughing, field nursery and fertilising (to loosen the soil) Transplanting Keeping the field flooded by irrigation Ripening Harvesting Threshing for rice grains

4. Outputs Varieties of wet rice Manure from buffaloes for fertilizing Rice seeds Subsistence farming and commercial farming

5. What I want to know Will they change the land they use after a period of time? How long it takes for harvesting to take place? What are the different benefits that wet cultivation have compared to the other cultivations?

6. Credits Google.com Geography Textbook