▁most ▁of ▁its ▁regions . ▁The ▁most ▁scen ic ▁p addy ▁fields ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁northern ▁Malays ia , ▁in ▁K ed ah , ▁Per lis , ▁Per ak ▁and ▁Pen ang ; ▁almost ▁covering ▁these ▁states . ▁P addy ▁fields ▁also ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁on ▁Malays ia ' s ▁eastern ▁coast ▁region , ▁mainly ▁in ▁Kel ant an ▁and ▁Ter eng gan u , ▁and ▁also ▁in ▁Sel ang or , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁districts ▁of ▁K ual a ▁Sel ang or ▁and ▁Sab ak ▁Bern am . ▁ ▁Before ▁Malays ia ▁became ▁heavily ▁reli ant ▁on ▁its ▁industrial ▁output , ▁people ▁were ▁mainly ▁involved ▁in ▁agricult ure , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁rice . ▁It ▁was ▁for ▁that ▁reason , ▁that ▁people ▁usually ▁built ▁their ▁houses ▁next ▁to ▁p addy ▁fields . ▁The ▁very ▁sp icy ▁ch ili ▁pe pper ▁that ▁is ▁often ▁e aten ▁in ▁Malays ia , ▁the ▁bird ' s ▁eye ▁ch ili , ▁is ▁locally ▁called ▁c ili ▁p adi , ▁literally ▁" p addy ▁ch ili ". ▁ ▁Some ▁research ▁per tain ing ▁to ▁Rain f ed ▁low land ▁rice ▁in ▁Sar aw ak ▁has ▁been ▁reported ▁ ▁My an mar ▁▁ ▁R ice ▁is ▁grown ▁primarily ▁in ▁three ▁areas ▁– ▁the ▁Ir raw addy ▁D elta , ▁the ▁area ▁along ▁and ▁the ▁delta ▁of ▁the ▁Kal ad an ▁River , ▁and ▁the ▁Central ▁pla ins ▁around ▁Mand al ay , ▁though ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁rice ▁far ming ▁in ▁Sh an ▁State