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

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Soy and forest reserves (Brazil) Aerial view of oil plantations amid forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang Baby oil palm trees (Indonesia) Villages and rice fields along RN7 Airplane view of a manioc field in the middle of the rainforest (Suriname) Patchwork of cassava fields; regenerating secondary forest; and natural forest in the Amazon (Suriname) Villages and rice fields along RN7 Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Bali rice field Nitrogen-fixing cover crop in an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Deforestation and rice fields (Laos) Village and rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley Heavily degraded forest (Brazil) Rice in eastern Colombia Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar Soy fields in the Amazon (Brazil) Cassava planted in a forest clearing in Madagascar Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Oil palm seedlings and cattle (Indonesia) Woman planting rice (Laos) Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Terraced rice paddies at Gunung Kawi Forest degradation in the Amazon (Brazil) Senum in a rice paddy (Laos) Harvesting oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest (Brazil) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Oil palm plantation extending down to a waterway (Indonesia) Oil palms along a river (Costa Rica) Yunnan rice (China) Terraced rice fields Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Tea plantations of the Fort Portal region in Uganda (Uganda) Rice fields in Ubud Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan Patchwork of cassava fields; regenerating secondary forest; and natural forest in the Amazon (Suriname) Land clearing with a tractor (Brazil) Belizean slash-and-burn (Belize) Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest (Brazil) Slash-and-burn agriculture in Guatemala (Guatemala) Aerial view of rice paddies outside of Fort Dauphin Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Large Malagasy home and rice fields Terraced rice fields Large-scale deforestation for banana cultivation in Colombia Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Cane field in Colombia Rice Fields Aerial view of rice paddies, forest degradation, and erosion in southern Madagascar Rice Fields Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Soy fields in the Amazon (Brazil) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Palm oil fruit on the tree (Malaysia) Rice cultivated near Qizhong (China) Terraced rice fields New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Rice paddies and the forested mountains of Ujung Kulon National Park Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Soybeans in eastern colombia Rice fields of Malagasy highlands (RN7) Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang Cultivated countryside in western Uganda (Uganda) Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang 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) Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area (Brazil) Aerial view of rice paddies near Maroantsetra Cleared forest land in Belize (Belize) Forst clearing for soy (Brazil) Terraced rice paddies, boulders, and houses in Madagascar Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon (Brazil) Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana (RN2) Land newly tilled for soy in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Traditional Rice Harvesting Deforestation and rice fields (Laos) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang RB pheromone for attracting rhinoceros beetles; an oil palm pest (Malaysia) Swidden agriculture in New Guinea Corn fields in Yunnan (China) 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