Being the world’s largest exporter of rice, the majority of Thailand’s rural areas are a lush, green quilt of paddy fields. These are almost hypnotic in their format, with row upon row of meticulously placed plants stretching as far as the horizon. Typically, rice in Thailand is planted in the more recumbent regions of the country so, unlike in nearby China and Vietnam, terracing is not so common.

So it was in the central plains of Thailand, in a province known as Saraburi that I took an evening stroll through the dramatic setting that makes up the Thai countryside.

Irrigation

Because paddy fields are essentially flooded parcels of land, they require nigh-on constant irrigation. In a country where the wet season lasts an average of four months, the rice farmers or chao naa, literally 'person rice', of Thailand need a contingency plan for when Mother Nature ceases to assist with the dousing of the vast expanse of dusty croplands.

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