A Philippines advertising agency has apologised for using footage of other countries in a promotional tourism video. The campaign used images of rice terraces in Indonesia, sand dunes in the ...

Farmers must incessantly weed rice paddies to maintain water flow through the terraces ... and in Japan and other Asian countries where farmers tend terraced paddies, it is also muddy.

Despite the declining planted areas of rice paddies in the country in recent years, the productivity of each hectare used for rice cultivation has been improving. Although rice terraces across the ...

The publication of the Nomination file, including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning ...

A Department of Tourism poster promoting one of the Philippines’ most famous travel destinations has gone viral for all the ...

Other foods are often served ... Some 2.4 million Filipinos work as rice farmers, toiling on lush paddies that blanket the country, some on ancient terraces that cut through steep hills.

Starting in 2015, China has launched 10 pilot national parks to protect its natural environment and biodiversity. In December 2022, China took another green step forward by planning to create the ...

There are still some terraces on the outskirts of the city that have rice fields, but even these are threatened by new settlements. The same is true of Pokhara Valley, home to Pokhreli, Jetha Buda and ...

IT was the breathtaking view of the rice terraces from my bedroom window that captivated me during my first solo backpacking adventure to Batad. I remember how busy that year was, finishing a project ...