What they fail to mention here is that many of those "flooded" rice fields are done by small, independent farmers and also serve the dual purpose of farming fish. If you can't flood the fields, all you get from that acreage is rice, drastically decreasing the income of the poor farmers barely surviving as it is. It is yet another half truth by big agriculture designed to destroy the little guy.
What they fail to mention here is that many of those "flooded" rice fields are done by small, independent farmers and also serve the dual purpose of farming fish. If you can't flood the fields, all you get from that acreage is rice, drastically decreasing the income of the poor farmers barely surviving as it is. It is yet another half truth by big agriculture designed to destroy the little guy.