The villagers of Samrang vividly remember the last time they planted paddy in their fields. It was in 1985. An acute shortage of water caused them to stop cultivating paddy. But before they were able ...

In Kedah, Malaysia's rice bowl, paddy fields unfurl as far as the eye can see. Farmers roam the sticky clay-like soil, diligently following the rhythms of sunrise, sunset and monsoon as they have ...

One alternative is the production of rice in flooded, terraced fields (montane paddy). This option is not new; however, farmers are developing these montane paddy fields much more now than in the past ...