Rice plantation

A rice plantation is a piece or a whole of piece in which one cultivates Riz.

However, behind this word a very great diversity of mediums is hiding place. The rice plantations differ by the way in which water is managed, by their depth, their altitude and the methods of cultures. One can find rice plantations in many and south-east Eastern European countries of the Asia like the Malaysia, the China, the Thailand, the Korea, the Japan, the Vietnam, Taiwan, the Indonesia, the Filipino India and the . However one can also find them in certain areas of Europe as in the Camargue (France) or to the Piedmont (Italy). The rice plantations are formed also naturally close to the rivers or the marshes.

The flooded Rice growing:

Cultivated on a ground trampled in fields surrounded by small floodbanks, the height of water can vary between 0-25 cm (not very deep water) up to 25-50 cm (average depth), this height of water being justified by the very great hydrous consumption of this culture: one needs 4000 liters of water to produce 1kg rice. Water comes from the rain or by the Ruissellement coming from a basin. Flooded rice growing occupies 17% of the worldwide production of rice.

Sources

Research institute for development (IRD)

Zh-min-nan: Chhân-hn̂g

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