See Kuttanad

Kuttanad is among the hand few agricultural landscapes in the world, where you 'pump-out' water 24 hours from agricultural field to do rice farming. This is one of its uniqueness, the below sea level rice farming in polders. Come visit Kuttanad - a globally important agricultural heritage site declared by FAO ( United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation).

In picture is a motor house in Kuttanad polder, constantly pumping out water from paddy fields.


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Inland fishing ( freshwater) is a major livelihood activity, for the people of Kuttanad and Vemband wetlands. This wetland has a diversity of about 150 fish varieties. This place is the homeground of some of them like the pearlsport or Karimeen( കരിമീൻ ), ( kuttanad freshwater prawns (കുട്ടനാടൻ കൊഞ്ച് ). You can enjoy this delicacy during a backwater boat cruise.