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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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Coffee beans in Sao Tome and Principe Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Sweet potato or taro Oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Rice stalks Small village near Mantadia; slash-and-burn (tavy) agriculture Corn in Colombia Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Large-scale soy in the Amazon (Brazil) Rice fields along RN7 Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Terraced rice along a road in Yunnan (China) Rice fields of Ping'an (China) Potato patches as seen from an airplane Rice fields in the northwestern Yunnan province (China) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Soy and forest reserves (Brazil) Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada (Brazil) Forest clearing near Mantandia Soy and forest reserves (Brazil) Cattle pasture and degraded forest (Brazil) Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Deforestation and rice fields (Laos) Soy fields near Chapada (Brazil) Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana (RN2) Banana plantation in rainforest Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Forst clearing for soy (Brazil) Vegetable stands along RN7 Soy in Colombia Soy farm in Colombia Women working in a terraced rice field Oil palm fruit in the palm tree (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Sugar cane in Colombia Cacao pod, rotted due to disease Rice Fields Rice fields of Malagasy highlands (RN7) Sharp contrast between oil palm estate and a logged natural forest (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial view of likely indigenous forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Agriculture (Burma) Rice fields near Qizhong (China) Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Man plowing a rice paddy using an ox (Laos) Villages and rice fields along RN7 New cacao pods (Indonesia) Rice fields along the muddy red Mekong (China) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Young manioc leaves Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Terraced rice fields of Madagascar's Central Highlands Tibetans working in wheat field in Northwestern Yunnan (China) Terraced rice paddies at Gunung Kawi Aerial view of rice paddies where mangrove forests oncee grew (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Rice fields of Malagasy highlands (RN7) Rice terraces and fog (China) Rice paddies and palm trees with Borobudur temple in the background (Indonesia) Rice fields with Borobudur temple as the backdrop (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Terraced rice paddies as seen from a distance (China) Rice fields along the upper Mekong (China) Corn field and home along the Yangtze (China) Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java Vanilla bean cultivation and drying process (Madagascar) Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon (Brazil) Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Rice stalks Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Rice fields in Luang Prabang province (Laos) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Aerial view of an oil palm plantation in Borneo (Malaysia) Tibetan woman leading an ox-plow (China) Corn field in Xinjiang (China) Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil (Brazil) Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Terraced rice paddies (China) Rice fields cultivated near Qizhong (China) Aerial view of oil plantations amid forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Rice fields along RN7 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