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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Proposal: Rice Terraces Systems in Subtropical China

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 45 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) China has a very long history of construcing terraces that are famous for a wide scope of distribution and a large number of amount. China is a mountainous country where the area of mountains account for about two-thirds of the total area of the territory. Therefore, to make a living, ancient people who lived in the mountainous area created the pattern of terraced fields according to local conditions. For hundreds of years, the terraces built along the mountains have not only improved the local farming conditions but also increased the output of grains. Morever, they are beneficial to the ecology of the mountainous area and have made great contributions to the sustainable development of agriculture in China.

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