ExpressQn 1(a)
Wet Rice Cultivation
Qn 1(b)
Land: Flat land with clayey soil
Capital: Money to pay for inputs such as seeds or tools
Labour: Farmers, animals (e.g. water buffaloes)
Qn 1(c)
1. B/ The padi fields are first ploughed with the help of animals. The fields are then flooded with water channelled from rivers or obtained from direct rainfall.
2. A/ Padi seeds are scattered onto the nursery where they sprout into seedlings.
3. D/ After 3 to 4 weeks, seedlings are transplanted into flooded fields. The fields are regularly weeded and fertilisers are added.
4. C/ After 3 to 4 months, the fields are drained and the padi harvested by hand using sickles.
Qn 2
Traditional Wet Rice Cultivation - F and G
Photographs F and G show a number of workers working on the fields. This suggests that the farms use low capital and high labour inputs which are characteristics of traditional wet rice cultivation.
Commercial Wet Rice Cultivation - E and H
Photographs E and H show the use of machinery (e.g. tractors and harvesters) which suggests that a large amount of capital is used on the farm to buy machines. The level of technology used is high. This is a characteristics of commercial rice cultivation.
Qn 3(a)
The climograph shows that the country has a hot and wet climate. This is idel for wet rice cultivation because rice seeds require high temperatures to grow. The high rainfall also provides abundant water to flood the fields as wet rice needs a lot of water to grow.
Qn 3(b)
Indonesia, China, India, Malaysia, Vietnam (any 3)
Normal (Academic)
Qn 1(a)
Wet Rice Cultivation
Qn 1(b)
Land: Flat land with clayey soil
Capital: Money to pay for inputs such as seeds or tools
Labour: Farmers, animals (e.g. water buffaloes)
Qn 1(c)
2. A/ Padi seeds are scattered onto the nursery where they sprout into seedlings.
3. D/ After 3 to 4 weeks, seedlings are transplanted into flooded fields. The fields are regularly weeded and fertilisers are added.
4. C/ After 3 to 4 months, the fields are drained and the padi harvested by hand using sickles.
Qn 2
In photograph E, we can see that machinery such as combine harvesters are used for harvesting today.
In photograph F, pesticides are used to help farmers produce high quality rice.
In photograph G, canals are built to carry water from water sources such as rivers to the fields.
