Rice Paddy Fields

Rice Paddy Fields

planting and harvesting rice together with local farmers in Indonesia
Rice Paddy Fields - planting and harvesting rice together with local farmers in Indonesia

Location: 

Sewon, Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Duration: 

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Journey: 

Indonesia: Jakarta to Bali overland plus East Timor

Personal highlights

  1. Rice Paddy: visiting some farmers outside of Yogyakarta to learn more about rice
  2. Seeding rice: getting dirty in the rice paddy field and trying to help some farmers
  3. Germination: growing seeds in a small plot and then replanted with greater separation
  4. Hard work: I've learned that planting and harvesting rice is back-breakingly hard work
  5. Indonesia: one of the world's top 10 rice producing nation as well as consumers

Image sources

  1. Rice paddy with fresh seeds
  2. Preparing the field for new rice
  3. A bunch of amateur rice farmers
  4. Professional rice farmer at work
  5. My hand after planting some rice

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