The subak irrigation system in Bali was used to produce this crop around water temples. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this staple crop grown on paddies and hillside terraces throughout Asia.
ANSWER: rice [or Asian rice; accept Oryza sativa]
[10h] In this modern-day country, the Ifugao people channeled mountain streams into rice terraces at sites like Banaue (“ba-na-way”). During the Green Revolution, this country’s International Rice Research Institute developed the IR8 rice variety.
ANSWER: the Philippines [or Republic of the Philippines; or Republika ng Pilipinas]
[10m] In this other Southeast Asian country, land reform and attempts at self-sufficiency devastated rice output under dictator Ne Win, who headed a junta that was opposed by the 8-8-88 protests.
ANSWER: Myanmar [or the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; or Burma]
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