But for farmers having rice for household consumption is a priority.
They feel comfortable if there is still rice to feed their families. With the help of modern technology and the provision of local wage labourers, rice farming does not require labour from all members of the household. This allows for young people—men and women—to leave the village to work in the cities, as construction labourers, house maids, hawkers and vendors, taxi-drivers, workers in factory plants and many others. The incomes derived from such works have helped to lessen economic burdens of the family in the countryside.