Pictures of agriculture [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Corn in Colombia Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area (Brazil) Senum in a rice paddy (Laos) Geometric patterns of deforestation (Brazil) Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Rice fields in Luang Prabang province (Laos) Sugar cane in Colombia Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau Soy field abutting against tropical forest (Brazil) Shifting cultivation by the Trio tribe in the rainforest of Southern Suriname (Suriname) New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Forst clearing for soy (Brazil) Newly cleared section of Amazon forest (Brazil) Rice fields in Luang Prabang province (Laos) Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Aerial view of rice fields outside of Fort Dauphin Tea plantation on the rolling hills of Uganda (Uganda) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Geometric patterns of deforestation (Brazil) Flooded rice fields at sunset Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Green rice paddies in Udomxai province (Laos) Corn planted on former rainforest land (Belize) Tea workers (Uganda) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest (Brazil) Rice paddies near Canyon des Makis and Canyon des Rats Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Flooded rice fields at sunset Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar Soy and forest in the Amazon (Brazil) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Deforestation for cattle pasture in Guatemala (Guatemala) Cerrado and pasture (Brazil) Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Green rice paddies in Udomxai province (Laos) Soy field in Colombia Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Village amid terraced rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Oxplowing a rice paddy (Laos) Large Malagasy home and rice fields A stack of burning trees in a deforested landscape (Belize) Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field (Brazil) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan Storm over the Amazon (Brazil) Forest cleared for pasture (Belize) Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Windmill in a corn field in eastern Colombia Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape (Brazil) Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Airplane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Riparian forest and soy (Brazil) Flooded rice fields at sunset Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Oil palm estate (Indonesia) Rice Fields Close Up Flooded rice fields at sunset Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture (Belize) Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Aerial view of rice fields outside of Fort Dauphin Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape (Brazil) Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon (Brazil) Steep agriculture in Peru Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Forage for cattle and plam trees (Brazil) Green cacao pods still on the tree (Indonesia) Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley agriculture: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30