Ifugao's Ancient Rice Terraces Enter Fallow Season, Revealing Sustainability at the Heart of UNESCO Site

The deliberate resting of the Ifugao rice terraces—a 2,000-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site—underscores how indigenous agricultural practices built durability into the landscape itself, offering lessons as global farming faces pressure to maximize yield year-round.
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