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3 unusual facts about paddy field


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Set upon a blue background, ten paddy or rice stalks are drawn in the middle of a red circle with white circumference.

Hananoumi Ken

He was persuaded by his father, a rice farmer, to be a sumo wrestler, although he really wanted to play baseball.

Saotome

In ancient Japan, the saotome (“young maiden” 早乙女) were unmarried girls tasked with planting rice in paddies.


Magallu

The village is surrounded by fertile paddy, maize fields and apart from Agriculture being the predominant occupation of the people staying here, Magallu also drew upon the services of blacksmiths, laundryworkers, goldsmiths and people from other working classes making it a complete mixture, thus strengthening the distinctive spirit of our culture and our era- "Unity in diversity".

Muda River

The Beris Dam, which was completed in 2004 at a cost of RM360 million, is used to regulate the flow of water along the Muda River basin to augment water available for irrigation of paddy or upland crops, for domestic and industrial water supply and other uses.

Thippavarappadu

The major crops grown here includes Paddy, Casuarina (Souka, Savukku, Jangli saru, Chavukku), Sugarcane, Lemon and Mango.

Yufuin, Ōita

Located in a green valley beneath the spectacular Mount Yufu (由布岳), a short walk from the town centre is a mix of paddy fields, housing and upmarket ryokan, with a few temples.


see also

Air Bagan Flight 11

Air Bagan Flight 11 was a scheduled domestic flight in Myanmar, operated by Air Bagan, from Yangon to Heho that, on 25 December 2012, while attempting to land at Heho Airport, struck power lines, crash landed on a road and came to a stop in a paddy field and caught on fire.

Lasia

Lasia was believed to be a monotypic genus until 1997 when a wild population of Lasia concinna was discovered in a farmer's paddy field in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

MD Helicopters MD 600

On February 12, 2013, while on its way back to Dhaka from the Meghna Group of Industries factory at Sonargaon’s Meghna Ghat, a MD Helicopters MD 600 helicopter developed mechanical problem and crashed in the paddy field at Nawraparha under the upazila’s Kayetparha union.