Rice polyculture
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Rice polyculture is the cultivation of rice and another crop simultaneously on the same land. The practice exploits the mutual benefit between rice and organisms such as fish and ducks: the rice suppo
Common carp may have been the first fish in rice–fish systems.
Indian Runner ducks with free access to rice paddies in Bali, Indonesia provide additional income and manure the fields, reducing the need for fertiliser.
Rice–duck farming
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Rice–duck farming is the polycultural practice of raising ducks and rice on the same land. It has existed in different forms for centuries in Asian countries including China, Indonesia, and the Philip
Rice polyculture
…The increased biodiversity may reduce methane emissions from rice fields. Some rice–animal polycultures, including rice–fish systems in China and rice–duck farming in China and Southeast Asia, have been practised for centuries, while others have been developed more recently. The use of intercropping with plants…
Balinese painting, c. 1940, in traditional style, depicting paddy fields with ducks foraging for food
A farmer grazes his ducks in the Ngendrosari rice fields, Kajoran, Magelang, Central Java