Transplantation of paddy

 

When spring is around the corner, farmers of Paro, starts preparing for another wonderful time of the year. They concentrate more on rice cultivation than on any of the other cash crops (like maize, barley or wheat). By April, the rice seeds start to sprout and over the next few months they grow into seedlings for transplantation. The men of each household begin to get the paddy fields ready for plantation. Meanwhile, the women make sure that the households of the community work together. After the rice seedlings have been transplanted in the paddy fields, farmers have to do weeding for several days every month. It is a very hard and tedious task. They also make sure that their paddy fields neither dry up nor become too wet.

Educational Purpose

• To teach about occupation
• The process of transplantation of paddy
• Traditional farming tools and modern farming tools