A view of a rice paddy field in Sri Lanka with palm trees in the background on a sunny day with blue sky.
Rice in Sri Lanka has played an important role in the country's functioning and survival for centuries. Rice continues to be a staple of traditional Sri Lankan cuisine today. Sri Lankan people may have started cultivating rice as early as 800 Further evidence of early rice cultivation is the construction, since 390 , of massive irrigation structures, reservoirs, and interconnected canals. Some varieties of rice have been passed down for generations, and are called traditional, indigenous, or heirloom. By the 1980s, 90% of the farmland in Sri Lanka was being used to cultivate the "semi-dwarf" (newly improved) rice variety. Currently, 95% of the rice produced in Sri Lanka are hybrid varieties.
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Location: Southern Province, Hambantota District, Near Tissamaharana.
Photo credit: © Paul Springett C / Alamy / Afripics
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