Paddy lands completely inundated with brine - the destruction of the tsunamis was so great the few ever thought that they would be productive any time soon
The very next harvest. People were rightly - astonished at the bounty of the earth. Note the patches in the fields - those are areas where the saline levels were still too great to be able to grow a plant.
Farmers use traditional methods to seperate rice grains from sheafs.