Similarly, rice farmers can sharply cut water consumption by flooding paddy fields only some of the time.

同样，稻农只要时不时充分灌溉稻田就可以大幅减少用水量。

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The backwaters are similar to south Vietnam's Mekong Delta, featuring canals, lakes, banana trees and paddy fields, only much less populated.

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