Rice is cultivated all over the world in fields known as rice paddies and it is one of the most maintenance intensive crops to grow. The rice paddy itself requires a large part of that maintenance.

SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The total area of North Korea's rice paddies declined for the third consecutive year in 2024, data showed Friday, raising further concerns over chronic food shortages in ...

called "field chasing ducks" to eat their way through rice paddies after a harvest. "They help eat golden apple snails and the remains of unwanted rice husks that remain in the field from the last ...

Located in the Noto Peninsula on central Japan’s Honshu island, the city’s little coastal town of Shiroyone is home to 1,004 small rice paddies set onto steep slopes facing the sea.

The craft flew over a 1000-square-meter rice paddy, scattering seeds treated beforehand with powdered iron to ensure a smooth drop from the air. The seeding process took just 10 minutes.

INAKADATE, Aomori Prefecture--A late summer breeze breathed “life” into gigantic re-creations of famed masterpieces in a rice paddy field here during a full-scale resumption of the popular ...