Hill rice being grown on hillside cleared of tropical forest between Ranau and Telupid in Sabah Malaysia Borneo

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Hill rice is grown on freshly cleared land without irrrigation it but exhausts the fertility of the ground very quickly. In Sabah the rice is sometimes purple rather than white when finallly processed

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Size: 5037px × 3358px
Location: Telupid Sabah Malaysia
Photo credit: © Matthew Lambley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: clearance, clearing, deforestation, dry, field, green, irrigation, jungle, lush, malaysian, paddy, padi, rainforest, rice