Some more paddy fields
on Koraput Hilary (India), 25/Feb/2010 13:53, 34 days ago
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I found out that a by-product of the paddy fields is small fish that live in the irrigated land. No fish in these photos but to my western eyes it was an impressive sight. The thing that surprised me was the sound of rushing water as the river drained and cascaded slowly down the land The paddy is sown in nursery fields after harvest and the seedling transferred by hand into the main paddy fields (padia or bila). This seems to achieve a better rate of germination and seedling survival than scattering and although the work looks backbreaking to my pandered western eyes, provides much needed work and wages for the community. The cranes seem to like the irrigated fields. Maybe they're fishing as well?
