Wet Culture Rice

Series: Faces of Change Series

Duration: 17

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1974

Creator: American University Field Staff

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 15Nov74 · MP26481 (Jan-Jun 1975) Copyright holder: American Universities Field Staff, Inc

Description: Looks at the meticulous cultivation methods of the Taiwanese rice farmers that achieve the highest average yield per acre in the world. Follows the annual agricultural cycle to show that the methods rely less on mechanization than on human labor to produce and harvest two rice crops per year., Demonstrates how Taiwan's rice farmers rely less on mechanization than on human labor to produce and harvest two crops during the annual agricultural cycle.

Complete Record: Looks at the meticulous cultivation methods of the Taiwanese rice farmers that achieve the highest average yield per acre in the world. Follows the annual agricultural cycle to show that the methods rely less on mechanization than on human labor to produce and harvest two rice crops per year., Demonstrates how Taiwan's rice farmers rely less on mechanization than on human labor to produce and harvest two crops during the annual agricultural cycle.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.