Paddy field

Ploughing a paddy field, in India

Rice is grown on terraces, in Pana Banaue, Philippines.

Paddy fields are places in which semiaquatic plants, such as rice and taro can be grown. These fields are filled with shallow water at least part of the year. Growing these plants is very labor-intensive. A lot of water is needed. Paddy fields started next to the Yangtze River in China, in the Neolithic era. Later, their use spread to other areas in Asia. Paddy fields are built next to marshes or using terraces, on a hillside.

Deepwater rice is not grown using paddy fields. It needs water over 50 centimetres (20 in) deep for at least a month.

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Paddy Field Media

Taro fields (loʻi) in Hanalei Valley, [[Kauaʻi]], Hawaii
Paddy field placed under the valley of Madiun, Indonesia
Farmers planting rice in Cambodia
Hand Cutting Of Paddy
Map of Neolithic China(8500 to 1500 BC)
Model of a Liangzhu culture (3400 to 2250 BC) ancient city surrounded by a moat with rice paddies
Spatial distribution of rice, millet and mixed farming sites in Neolithic China (He et al., 2017)
Possible language family homelands, and likely routes of early rice transfer (ca. 3500 to 500 BC). The approximate coastlines during the early Holocene are shown in lighter blue. (Bellwood, 2011)