Nearly 100 million people now depend on upland rice as their daily staple food.

Characterization of drought stress environments for upland rice and maize in central Brazil.

Influence of nitrogen and weed management on the productivity of upland rice.

Their main occupation is subsistence farming, cultivating mainly upland rice.

Shifting cultivation of upland rice is part of their cultural and economic practices.

A second one is held in May, when the people ask for moderate rains that will make their upland rice grows.

Thus, the rice grown in the hilly areas is known as dry or upland rice.

The most important crops are upland rice, cassava, palm nuts, and along the coast, fishing.

More recently, they have been used for fish ponds and growing upland rice.

The second, Umingan sandy, with a land area of 1191.57 hectares, is good for upland rice and vegetables.