The people of Bali have relied on rice as their staple food for centuries - now the United Nations has added Balinese rice cultivation, known as Subak, to its World Heritage List. For a thousand years ...

JATILUWIH, IndonesiaJATILUWIH, Indonesia — Far from Bali’s beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the rice his family has ...

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BALI, Indonesia, May 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially opened the 10th World Water Forum on Monday (5/20/2024) at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC). In his ...

The role of the rice-field system is deeply rooted in the culture of Balinese people, aside from its extra value for tourism. The Balinese crop system is related with religious, historical and ...

Fri, March 2, 2012 Published on Mar. 2, 2012 Published on 2012-03-02T08:57:32+07:00 he provincial administration is ready to submit the draft of a bylaw on the protection of the island’s revered ...

BALI, Indonesia, Sept. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), the Indonesian National Committee of ICID (INACID), in collaboration with the Ministry of ...

JATILUWIH, Indonesia (AP) — Far from Bali's beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the rice his family has long relied on ...