• A. PREETHA KUMARI
• Dr. S. JENI SANJANA

Rice is an important staple food crop for more than 60 percent of the world population. It is the oldest known food that is still widely consumed today. Paddy also called rice paddy, small level flooded field used to cultivate rice in southern and eastern Asia. Wet- rice cultivation is the most prevalent method of farming in the forest where it utilizes a small fraction of the total land yet feeds the majority of rural population. Rice was domesticated as early as 35000 BC and by about 2,000 years age it was grown in almost all of the present day cultivation areas, predominantly deltas, food plains and coastal plains, and some terraced valley slopes. Many paddy fields are flooded by rivers and rainfall during monsoon season, while others must be irrigated. The paddies have an important subsoil and are bordered by earthen bunds to hold an average of 4-6 inches (10-15 centimeters) of water in the field for three-quarters of the growing season. In all countries , excluding India paddies are worked by family labour alone and by the same methods as were used 2,000 years age hand cultivation with had and spade, or water buffalo-, horse-, or ox-drawn plough with metal share.

Rice, Nutrition, Cultivation, Yield, Finance, Seedlings

"A Study on Cultivation of Paddy in Arumanai", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.612-615, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808238.pdf

"A Study on Cultivation of Paddy in Arumanai", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp612-615, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808238.pdf