Rice terraces carved along mountainsides of the Cordilleras engineered for agriculture by our forefathers have consistently awed tourists and visitors here and abroad. Until today, these rice terraces are cultivated mostly for highland rice varieties during the wet season which takes usually longer than the three to four-month period of hybrid rice varieties in the flat lowland areas.
The Cordillera Administrative Region’s rolling and mountainous topography facilitates irrigation development and farm cultivation in areas of higher elevation than the national three pecent slope criteria. The rice terraces in various provinces of the region are perfect examples of this.
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