Rice cultivation

  • Terraced cultivation of rice in northern Iran

    Photo: Mohammad Attaei

    Terraced cultivation of rice in northern Iran

    Terraced cultivation of rice covers more than 65,000 hectares of Golestan province’s agricultural lands, northern Iran. About 2% of these rice fields are located along the Khormarud River. Due to the use of river water, springs, and the warmth during the day and the cool at nights, the rice produced in this village is one a kind in Golestan province. It is very fragrant and of high quality.

  • Rice planting season

    Photo:Mehdi Mohebi Pour

    Rice planting season

    Every year, with the arrival of spring, Mazandarani farmers and rice growers start filling agricultural lands with water and preparing them for planting rice in both traditional and mechanized ways. Rice planting is one of the stages of rice cultivation in which sprouts that have been prepared in storehouses are planted in the ground.

  • Traditional rice harvesting in southwestern Iran

    Traditional rice harvesting in southwestern Iran

    The beautiful scenery of the rice paddies and the golden clusters of rice in Dena County of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwestern Iran catches everyone's eyes upon autumn arrival on October 1, 2023. (IRNA photos/ Fatemeh Abedi)

  • Farmers in northern Iran prepare paddy fields for growing crops

    Farmers in northern Iran prepare paddy fields for growing crops

    Many farmers in the northern province of Mazandaran, having harvested their wheat, rice, and barley crops, put fire on the remaining stems of the plants and prepare the land for the next growing crops with little cost and in a short time. (IRNA photos/Mehdi Mohebbipour)

  • Rice cultivation in Iranian cities

    Rice cultivation in Iranian cities

    When it comes to rice cultivation in Iran, Shushtar County in Khuzestan Province has a big part to play. October 31, 2020. IRNA/ Iman Sadeghi