Steps of Rice Cultivation

Question 1

preparing the fields

Answer 1

• you need to plow the land

- applying “night soil” (water that is mixed with chamber pot waste)

Question 2

placing the seeds

Answer 2

• the farmers need to dig in the water, plant the seed, and cover it up with mud

Question 3

planting in rows

Answer 3

• first developed in China before the 6th century BC
• developed in Western Europe in the 18th century AD
• China was 2200 years ahead
• it keep crops organized

Question 4

harvest

Answer 4

• the rice is ready to cut

- rice is labor intensive (it takes about 525 you per hector/field)