Mountain rice

Japanese: mountain rice(英語表記)mountainrice
Mountain rice

…It is said that straw is more palatable to livestock than rice grown in paddy fields. The English name "upland rice" (or "mountain rice") is used to refer to rice grown in highlands in general, as opposed to lowland rice, which is grown in lowlands, so care must be taken. Rice [Yamazaki Kou]
[Cultivation history]
In the very early stages of rice cultivation, it is highly likely that rice was grown in the same field together with other summer-grown grasses (miscellaneous grains).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "mountain rice" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…わらは水稲のそれと比較して,家畜の嗜好性が高いといわれる。英名のupland rice(またはmountain rice)は,低地に栽培されるlowland riceに対して,高地に栽培されるイネ一般を示す場合にも用いられるので,注意を要する。イネ【山崎 耕宇】
[栽培史]
 イネの栽培のごく初期の段階では,イネは他の夏作のイネ科の作物(雑穀類)と同一の耕地で混作されていた可能性がきわめて大きい。…

※「mountain rice」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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