In California, well-connected farmers grow rice in the desert, even as Los Angeles begs for water.
Hardest hit were villages further up the valleys, where farmers grow rice, vegetables and corn on terraced plots.
In Tanzania rainwater harvesting allows farmers to grow rice or vegetables instead of staples like sorghum and maize.
Correspondents say the hill villages, where farmers grow rice, vegetables and corn on terraced plots, were hit the hardest.
Correspondents say the hill villages, where farmers grow rice, vegetables and corn on terraced plots, were hit the hardest by the earthquake.
After we landed, the farmer we met grumbled that he had to drill his well deeper each year so he could grow more rice in the dry lands.
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Today the water-filled terraces reflect the sky from November through April, and turn green in spring as the rice plants grow tall.
The current rice crop (farmers grow two a year) is half what it should be.
Farmers in Goa last year found they spent 70 percent less on seed with SRI to grow up to twice as much rice.
Farmers in many flood plains plant crops that grow underwater, such as deep water aman rice or jute.
Ox-drawn ploughs still power farming in much of the country, meaning agricultural output of rice, beans and other staples could grow immensely through mechanization.
With a parting gift of a large, spherical rice cake to allow each child to grow a year older in peace, the Toshidon walk backwards out of the house and proceed to the next family.
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