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UPLAND RICE [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Grain Growing
CONT

... the three major rice ecosystems : the hilly upland rice ecosystem, the rainfed lowland rice ecosystem and the intensively cropped irrigated lowland rice ecosystem.

CONT

Rice Field Ecosystem - Encompasses all biotic and abiotic interactions occurring in rice fields, levees surrounding the fields, irrigation channels, streams and any cultivated lands within rice growing areas such as termite hills, ponds, and swamp lands. Fish and other aquatic animals migrating through irrigation canals are also included in this definition.

Key term(s)
  • rice-paddy ecosystem

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

[...] les trois grands écosystèmes rizicoles : celui des hautes terres montagneuses, celui des basses terres pluviales et celui des basses terres irriguées et à culture intensive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 2 2005-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Rainfed rice is the crop grown either directly or indirectly with local rainfall.

OBS

It includes the crop grown with supplemental irrigation, provided the water is not imported from another catchment; or with water from tanks and wells that depend entirely upon local rainfall.

OBS

However, according to FAO-14, 1978, vol. 1, "lowland rainfed paddy rice" is grown under uncontrolled, but bunded, flood water regimes while "upland or hill(rainfed) rice" is grown in unbunded areas.

OBS

Often synonymous with "upland rice".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Le riz de culture sèche, ou riz pluvial, est pratiqué de façon itinérante par de nombreuses populations en Afrique, sur les plateaux indochinois (système du ray, ou culture sur brûlis), en Indonésie, aux Philippines.

OBS

Souvent synonyme de «riz de plateau».

OBS

Riziculture pluviale : la culture est alimentée en eau par les pluies, parfois aussi, en plus, par la nappe phréatique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 3 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

Any rice variety grown without irrigation.

OBS

Often synonymous with rainfed rice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

souvent synonyme de «riz pluvial».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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