Flooded rice paddy terraces in early spring in mountain village of Hata, Takashima, Shiga, Japan, Asia

Newly planted rice seedlings in a flooded rice paddy in the rural Ohara village of Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Newly planted rice seedlings in a flooded rice paddy in the rural Ohara village of Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Flooded rice paddy terraces in early spring in mountain village of Hata, Takashima, Shiga, Japan, Asia

Farmer tending to rice paddy terraces in early spring in mountain village of Hata, Takashima, Shiga, Japan, Asia

View of the Northern Alps reflected in a flooded rice paddy, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

An elderly woman working in water filled rice terraces with fish traps, Tulgao Village near Tinglayan, The Cordillera Mountains, Kalinga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

An elderly woman working in water filled rice terraces with fish traps, Tulgao Village near Tinglayan, The Cordillera Mountains, Kalinga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Line of women planting rice in flooded paddy fields on Wando Island, Korea, Asia

Flooded Long Ji rice terraces at Longsheng, near Guilin, China

Rice growing in paddy fields in the Coto Donana, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

A young Chinese girl wearing a princess dress helps her father plant rice in a rice paddy in China.

A farmer plants rice in a flooded rice paddy in China.

A farmer plows a flooded rice paddy with a water buffalo in China.

Farmers plant rice in a flooded rice paddy in China.

A farmer plows a flooded rice paddy with a water buffalo in China.

A farmer plows a flooded rice paddy with a water buffalo in China.

A wicker basket by a flooded rice paddy with bundles of new rice plants to be planted in Hunan, China.

A young Chinese girl wearing a princess dress helps her father plant rice in a rice paddy in China.

A young Chinese girl wearing a princess dress helps her father plant rice in a rice paddy in China.

Farmers plant rice in a flooded rice paddy in China.