paddy fields
In paddy fields
a Paddy
It is a specialised planter, designed to transplant rice seedlings onto paddy fields
paddy fields
methane..
Rice is grown in paddies, or paddy fields.
Rice is grown in waterlogged paddy fields. I doubt if any other food crop would be grown after the rice has been harvested.
A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Rice can also be grown in dry-fields, but from the twentieth century paddy field agriculture became the dominant form of growing rice.
Trees and vegetation have to be cleared first when establishing paddy fields. If the land is hilly, then the landscape is terraced (like a series of steps) as paddy fields have to be flooded with water. Each field is dug out and earth is used to build dykes around the edges. Rice paddy fields are a substantial contributor of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as organic matter decomposes anaerobicly under the water. So paddy fields do change the environment in several ways.
Trees and vegetation have to be cleared first when establishing paddy fields. If the land is hilly, then the landscape is terraced (like a series of steps) as paddy fields have to be flooded with water. Each field is dug out and earth is used to build dykes around the edges. Rice paddy fields are a substantial contributor of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as organic matter decomposes anaerobicly under the water. So paddy fields do change the environment in several ways.
Because they follow the paddy fields - i.e. the water paddocks. They aren't ploughed like dry fields.