Rice cultivation
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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.
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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.