Table 4.

The division of labor between men and women in traditional management of KSR

Time	Stage	Division of labor	Worker
From Feb to Apr of the lunar calendar	Preparation stage	Rake the field and build irrigation canals	Males
		Clearing weeds, collecting farm manure, selecting seeds and raising seedlings	Females
From May to Aug of the lunar calendar	Seedling stage	Transplant rice seedlings	Males and females
		Take care of the seedlings, weeding and topdressing	Males
		Put the fish and ducks into the paddy fields	Females
Sept of the lunar calendar	Maturation stage	Release water, catch fish and ducks, harvest rice	Males and females
		Seed selection and seed retention of KSR	Females