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Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area

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par Jehangir Bhadha, Associate Professor of Soil, Water and Nutrient Management, University of Florida

Each summer, nearly 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) of rice is cultivated in the Florida Everglades Agricultural Area, a roughly 1,100-square-mile (2,800-square-kilometer) area south of Lake Okeechobee.

Farming here requires a delicate touch. The area has lost nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) of soil in the past century through a process called subsidence.

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