Much modern agriculture in Southeast Asia is close to a monocrop, using a single
technology package, and the crop grown is intended to be sold in a market. Traditional rice agriculture in Southeast Asia (and traditional agriculture in most places and times) is quite a different and complex phenomenon. It is characterized by many different crops grown in several different locations by different sets of technology packages, and with a substantial portion of what is grown intended for consumption by the farming household. Traditional in this context means the growing of domesticated rice with locally generated seed, using only human or animal sources of power, and without industrial fertilizers or pesticides.