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–fish system
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A rice–fish system is a rice polyculture, a practice that integrates rice agriculture with aquaculture, most commonly with freshwater fish. It is based on a mutually beneficial relationship between ri
Rice polyculture
…their release into the environment. 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…
Rice and tilapia fish polyculture, Java
Rice–fish farming landscape in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India