Question

Give three points of difference between upland and lowland rice.

Distinguish between Upland rice and lowland rice cultivation.

Answer 1

Sr. No.	Upland rice	Lowland rice
(i)	This type of rice is grown in mountainous regions.	Lowland rice is grown in low-lying regions.
(ii)	This type of rice cultivation depends on the distribution of rainfall only.	This type of rice requires plenty of water during the sowing and harvesting period.
(iii)	Upland rice is sown in March-April and harvested in September-October.	It is sown in June and harvested in October.
(iv)	The entire crop is used locally.	The produce is used for local consumption as well as supplied to other regions.

Answer 2

Sr. No.	Basis	Upland Rice Cultivation	Lowland Rice Cultivation
1.	Terrain	Grown on terraced hill slopes and elevated mountainous areas.	Grown in flat, low-lying river basins, plains, and coastal delta regions.
2.	Water Requirement	It is primarily a rainfed crop and does not require continuous standing water in the fields.	It requires abundant, continuous standing water (puddled fields) during its early growth and maturation stages.
3.	Method of Sowing	Seeds are usually sown directly into the ploughed soil using the manual broadcasting or dibbling methods.	Seeds are first grown in a nursery and then cultivated using the transplantation or Japanese method.
4.	Soil Type	Cultivated on relatively less fertile, well-drained soils that do not retain excess moisture	Cultivated on highly fertile, heavy, water-retentive clayey or alluvial soils.