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

Rice harvesting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Silhouette of an Asian woman planting rice seedlings in a paddy field, agriculture, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rice harvesting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of farmer with rice seedling in hands, Madagascar, Africa

Farmers harvest and thresh by hand in rice paddy fields, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa

Farmer at work in rice paddy field, Madagascar, Africa

Farmer with rice seedlings in hands, Madagascar, Africa

Cambodia farmers getting rice seedlings ready for transplanting, kampong thom

Cambodia farmers transplanting rice seedlings. Daung village, kampot province.

Cambodia uprooting rice seedlings ready for transplanting. The farmers house is in the background

Cambodia farmer with rice seedlings. Kampong thom

The Seven Stars around the Moon section of the Ping'an Rice Terraces of Longshen, China.

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Atsushiokano Forest, Fukushima Prefecture

Rice Paddy Bamboo Hut, Luang Namtha, Laos