Hello Everyone, 💙

Hope you all keep well. Today I'm writing this article for attending to the playing photographer contest.



As sri Lankan we usually cultivate rice. I'm sharing with you some pictures of our paddy field and hope to share my experience of rice cultivation.

Farmers in my country farm rice three times per year. Our paddy field is located in a low-lying area, so it gets flooded at different times of the year. Thus we are farming only one time per year . Cultivation starts in November and February to late March is harvest season. It takes 3 to 4 months for the paddy to grow. We have a paddy field of about 180 perches. It is flooded from May to July, so nothing is cultivated during that time.


Paddy Harvesting Machine
Harvest cropping is very easy task because it is done by machinery. Before 2010, We used workers for harvest the crop. It takes 2 days to harvest using laborers. But by using machinery we can do it within 1 hour. And cost is very low for it. We should pay LKR 3000/=(40 Steem) per worker for a day. And 6 workers need to do it. They take 2 days for crop harvest. So total cost is around LKR 36,000/=(482 Steem). But When renting a machine, they charge LKR 120/= per purchase. So our total cost is about LKR 120/= x 180 = LKR 21,600/= (290 Steem). If we use machinery for crop harvest it is financially profitable about LKR 15000/=(200 Steem).



Now I'm stopping for today.Hope to meet you again with a nice article until that Good Byeeee 😊💙

Thank You 🥳
Kusal Kanchana