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Every agricultural product has to go through a long process in order to become a trade product. From preparing the soil until sowing and harvesting, many stages are involved. Among them is the prevention of diseases as well as the plant nutrition using fertilizers. In this paper, the matter of rice cultivation, fertilization and nutrition, in the area of Municipality of Delta (Thessaloniki area, North Greece) are concerned. These stages of rice growth face many objective difficulties due to the constant presence of water in the crop, which are examined and analyzed and ways to facilitate the production process are proposed. After a short reference on rice and its history, analysis of the cultivation stages are concerned, with emphasis on fertilization and nutrition of the rice crop. Also, irrigation, harvesting and storage of rice seeds are discussed. Finally, the most recent data collected about the cultivated areas, the production quantities and the irrigation water are listed, gathered by the Land Reclamation Institute and the Municipality of Delta.