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Rice-growing methods are almost ... and relentless, and in Japan and other Asian countries where farmers tend terraced paddies, it is also muddy. Paddy rice is irrigated by water diverted from ...

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It also increased payments to farmers who switch rice paddy production to crops for alternative uses, such as animal feed. Japan, the world’s largest corn importer, is self- sufficient in rice ...

Japanese rice is more expensive than rice grown in other countries due to its high production costs. To ensure the Japanese variety is accepted overseas, the ministry will help Japanese food and ...

It offers favourable growing conditions ... public so that they recognize the significance of Japanese culture around paddy fields and rice cultivation,” says Ichihashi. A wealth of data ...

This is supported by the Japanese ... team will grow these beneficial microbes in fermentation tanks, then combine them with the compost, just before they apply the mixture to rice paddy fields.

Rice is cultivated all over the world in fields known as rice paddies and it is one of the most maintenance intensive crops to grow. The rice paddy itself requires a large part of that maintenance.