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- field preparation; using plow drawn by water buffalo or oxen
-flooding; plowed land is then flooded with water collected from rainfall, river overflow, or irrigation
-transplanting; growing seedlings on dry land then transplanted into flooded field
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-if rice field has too little or too much water, if can damage the crop

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-seeds are placed on dry land then transplanted into a flooded field for growth

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-China and India account for nearly 50% of the world's rice production
- more than 90% is produced in East, South, and Southeast Asia

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-wet rice occupies a relatively small percentage of Asia's agricultural land but is the regions most important source of food
-successful production of large yields of rice is an elaborate process that is time-consuming and done mostly by hand

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the term "wet rice" refers to rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved as seedlings to a flooded field to promote growth