Paddy Fields

My obsession with rice fields only grew while in Nepal and I found a close-to-perfect description of the colors of the rice paddies in BG.

"The land was divided into rectangular plots of rice, framed by a raised mud bank the width of a footprint. Different stages of growth were segregated in the plots: there were the pale, tiny shoots the colour of limes, which would be pulled and replanted when they grew waist high; and then the established shoots, denser and slightly darker; and finally the milk-toned paddy, ready to be harvested. the plots were miniature islands, each in its own flooded pool; together they were a chequered palette of green and gold." 

The Golden Age, Tahmima Anam

Different from the rice paddies of BG, because Nepal is rooted in the Himalaya mountains and the consequent valleys, the plains for rice are limited. I was impressed with how the Nepali's used the sides of their hills to grow rice and maize; usually area reserved for forests or rocks in West, not agriculture (from what I have seen, I mean). I assume terraced rice paddies are common in South East Asia, as well...It lead to the varying green hues interspersed with the lush greens of the forests, dotted with sunlight and the rich yellow of corn. 

Side note: Although BG seems to produce tons of rice throughout the country, all the rice in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is imported from Burma - I guess they haven't learnt how to use the sides of the CHT hills for rice yet.