Lao PDR - Rural life - Subsistence farming

Portrait of a Tai Yang ethnic minority subsistence farmer harvesting lemongrass from her garden, Ban Long Nai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. In addition to vegetables grown in the fields alongside the rice, subsistence farmers often have a garden nearby the house where they grow other edible greens such as beans, squashes, onion, garlic, ginger and aromatic herbs.

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Image Size: 4000x3000 / 2.0MB; Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Laos Lao PDR Lao PDR Tessa Bunney rural life Phongsaly Phongsali remote landscape countryside environment harvesting picking pick harvest work working agriculture laboring labouring collect collecting food lemon grass crops crop farmer farming farm grow growing field village subsistence field woman women female Tai Yang ethnic minority labour hands cultivate cultivation herb herbs portrait garden aromatic cooking
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Portrait of a Tai Yang ethnic minority subsistence farmer harvesting lemongrass from her garden, Ban Long Nai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. In addition to vegetables grown in the fields alongside the rice, subsistence farmers often have a garden nearby the house where they grow other edible greens such as beans, squashes, onion, garlic, ginger and aromatic herbs.