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The deepwater rice farmer's year - 7 - the DWR harvest

The flood has gone, the panicles are ripe; and, here at Bastia our 1981 trials plots await harvest (12 November).

Taking 1 m² crop-cut samples.

The yield will be good, this is the variety Digha at Bastia,

The normal harvest is gathered into heaps for taking away, note the length of the top stems which are kept and the muddiness of the soil.

The harvest is being taken away...

...to the village along the high bund.

Go to season's end

©2000 - Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K.
Visiting Academic in the Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham

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