A restaurant owner fire roasting a dog in rice straw on the side of a road. 

A restaurant owner fire roasting a dog in rice straw on the side of a road. 

A woman farmer spreading rice straw ash into an inundated rice paddy. 

A woman planting rice seeds in a rice paddy prepared for cultivation. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

Women farmers sprinkling rice straw ash on the newly planted crop of rice. 

Women weaving bamboo baskets together. By weaving baskets and selling them at the market these women earn extra income beyond their usual rice crop yields. 

Women weaving bamboo baskets together. By weaving baskets and selling them at the market these women earn extra income beyond their usual rice crop yields. 

A young girl taking a bundle of rice straw from a large bale. The straw is used as food for livestock as well as for starting kitchen stove fires for cooking. 

Women weaving bamboo baskets together. By weaving baskets and selling them at the market these women earn extra income beyond their usual rice crop yields. 

A woman walking home through the rice paddies with a traditional carrier basket draped over her shoulders. 

A farmer starting the engine of a small tractor in a rice paddy. 

Women farmers preparing the earth for the planting of a new rice crop. 

Women cultivating soil in a rice paddy.