One season

Measure, sign, harvest, settle.

Leases here are often spoken, rent is paid in grain after harvest, and neither side holds a copy the other believes. Each parcel gets one lease line with its boundary, rent in rice or cash, and both signatures.

Measureowner and tenant walk the parcel together

Signboth sign the lease line before planting

Harvestyield is entered when the crop is weighed

Settlerent is paid from that harvest line

Close-up of dry golden rice straw after the harvest