Nigel Cattlin / Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae) disease lesions on Rice (Oryza sativa) crop, Luzon, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Tungro virus (Rice (Oryza sativa) tungro bacilliform virus) on diseased, damaged Rice (Oryza sativa) plot, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Blue colour variation of Green paddy leafhopper, (Nephottetix virescens) a biotype of this pest species

Nigel Cattlin / Eggs of Golden apple snail / Channelled apple snail (Pomacea caniculata) in a Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy, Luzon, Philippines

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice fields, Bali, Indonesia.

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice paddy fields, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, ploughed fields in early winter, Shiga, Japan, November, sequence 7/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, early August, sequence 4/8

Juergen Freund / Ears of rice (Oryza sp) growing in rice paddy fields on the Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008

Juergen Freund / Fields of newly planted rice paddy fields (Oryza sp.), Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man carrying wooden frame used during sled race with Oxen, walking at edge of rice paddy during Pacu Jawi, a religious event with parades, ceremonies and weddings. Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. 2015.

Heather Angel / Chinese farmer wearing traditional bamboo hat ploughing flooded Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy with Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Xingping, Nr Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. October 19...

Ashley Cooper / Looking down from the air onto rice paddies in the Shire Valley, Malawi, Africa.

Ashley Cooper / Looking down from the air onto rice paddies and Maize crops in the Shire Valley, Malawi, Africa.

Ashley Cooper / Looking down on rice crops in the lower Shire Valley, Malawi, Africa.

David Fleetham / Woman carrying produce in Rice (Oryza sp.) field in the village of Yiling, Nanning, Guangxi, China.

TJ Rich / Gemstone mine in paddyfield, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Drainage system for gemstone mine shafts under paddy fields, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

Ingo Arndt / Rice (Oryza sativa) crop growing in terraced fields, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar, December 2013.

David Noton / Farmers ploughing a rice paddy nearr Phong Nha, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, January 2015.

David Noton / Woman ploughing a rice paddy nr Phong Nha, Qu?ng Bình Province, Vietnam, January 2015.

David Noton / Man ploughing a rice paddy near Phong Nha, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, January.

Cyril Ruoso / Artificial banks to create a paddy field. This can be a issue for Japanese giant salamanders as it disrupts their habitat. Honshu, Japan, August 2010.

Michael Hutchinson / Presenter Nigel Marven with Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) in a paddy field, India, November 2015

Michael Hutchinson / Presenter Nigel Marven with Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) in a paddy field, India, November 2015.

Michael Hutchinson / Presenter Nigel Marven with Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) in a paddy field, India. November 2015

Michael Hutchinson / Presenter Nigel Marven with Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) in a paddy field, India. November 2015. Model released.

Michael Hutchinson / Presenter Nigel Marven with Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) in a paddy field, India. November 2015

Franco Banfi / Rice paddy field, Selat, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Rice paddy fields, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Rice paddy fields, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga rice terraces. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong rice terraces, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong rice terraces, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Apatani women carrying baskets, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Apatani rice paddies, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Nyshi rice paddies.Yazali Village, Nyshi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Nyshi rice paddies.Yazali Village, Nyshi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice fields, Bali, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Rice (Oryza sativa) crop on terraced fields with worker, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Jean E. Roche / Wild flowers at the edge of a rice field including Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) Camargue, France, May.

Jean E. Roche / Sea clubrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) weeds in Camargue ricefields, France, May.

Jean E. Roche / Sea clubrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) weeds in Camargue ricefields, France, May.

Jean E. Roche / Carmague rice growing, Camargue, France, June.

Jean E. Roche / Carmague rice growing, Camargue, France, June.

Bert Willaert / Rice fields in the Western Ghats, India, Augsut 2010.

Bert Willaert / Rice fields in the Western Ghats, India, August 2010.

Colin Monteath / Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy fields on terraced hillside, Bali, Indonesia

Colin Monteath / Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy fields, Bali, Indonesia

Colin Monteath / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) pulling plough in rice paddy, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus) on artificial bank from rice paddy, Honshu, Japan

Cyril Ruoso / Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus) next to artificial bank from rice paddy, Honshu, Japan

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice paddy, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Farmer carrying basket through terraced rice paddy, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Farmer carrying basket through terraced rice paddy, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice paddy, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice paddy, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice paddy, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy in the Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Rice (Oryza sativa) field in the Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Konrad Wothe / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces in highlands, Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces and villages in highlands, Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces and villages in highlands, Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces and village in highlands, Madagascar

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rice growing in fields in the valley of the Budhi Gandaki. Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009.

Sandesh Kadur / While mountain slopes are mostly used for plantations of coffee and tea, lowland areas are used to cultivate rice in paddy fields, which requires land that can retain water. Western Ghats, Karnataka,...

Nature Production / Building dikes in the rice field, Japan

Nature Production / Cultivating Rice (Oryza sativa) plants in rice field, Shiga, Japan, Asia, March

Nature Production / Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy field, fresh green seedlings in flooded field in spring, Shiga, Japan, May

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, snow covered fields in winter, Shiga, Japan, December, sequence 8/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, harvesting in late summer, Shiga, Japan, September, sequence 6/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, late August, sequence 5/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, July, sequence 3/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, spring, Shiga, Japan, May, sequence 2/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, spring, Shiga, Japan, April, sequence 1/8

Juergen Freund / Domestic Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) in water, beside paddy field, note barren hillsides in the background which water runs off and causes acidication of the soil. Philippines, March 2010.

Juergen Freund / Women working in the rice fields (Oriza sp). Ground water soaks into the fields saturating the topsoil to create a 5-10 cm water layer. Water runs off the barren deforested mountains, and due to clima...

Juergen Freund / Water pouring into rice fields (Oriza sp), saturating the topsoil to create a 5-10 cm water layer. Water runs off the barren deforested mountains, and due to climate change it is uncertain how long th...

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of rice paddies and fish ponds in Makassar with river tributaries, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2009.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of rice paddies and fish ponds in Makassar with river tributaries, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Nvember 2009.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of rice paddies and fish ponds in Makassar with river tributaries, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, February 2010.

Nick Garbutt / Tomato Frogs (Dyscophus antongilii) mating in amplexus posture, marsh habitat on edge of rice paddy. Smaller male (above) and female (below) Near Maroantsetra, north east Madagascar.

David Woodfall / Rice paddy, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of Rice fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of patchwork pattern of rice fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of patchwork pattern of rice fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of patchwork pattern of rice fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of cattle working in rice fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of people working in rice paddy fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of people working in rice fields, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Will Watson / Aerial photo of rice paddies and plots of maize on the shore of Lake Malawi, Likoma Island, Malawi. March 2009

Pete Oxford / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces and two people, Yunnan, China

Juan Carlos Munoz / Seagulls, storks and egrets feeding in rice field following the plough, Parque Natural de Doñana, Andalucia, Spain, December 2008

Juergen Freund / Rice (Oryza sp.) growing beside river in paddy fields on the Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008

Juergen Freund / People walking amongst rice paddy fields (Oryza sp.) on the Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008

Juergen Freund / Close-up of water running off drainage pipe into rice paddy field (Oryza sp.), Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008