A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, sitting in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, standing in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A young boy holding harnesses for oxen used to till the land in preparation for planting new seedlings. 

A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A rice farming couple and their youngest daughter sitting in the living room of their home. Success from rice farming has enabled them to add onto their home and make repairs. 

A rice farming couple sitting in the living room of their home. Success from rice farming has enabled them to add onto their home and make repairs. 

A double handful of rice in a storage facility in Ahero. 

A woman farmer washing her hands in an irrigation canal in the rice fields before joining the others for a lunch break. 

The "Open Your Mind" widows' support group, started in 2006, gathering for a meeting. 

A woman farmer holding rice seedlings ready for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A bucket of rice seedlings from a nursery for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Women taking a break from transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A young girl preparing a meal for herself and her brother during the lunchbreak from school. 

Women transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will grow for 120 to 130 days, until harvest. 

A farmer pushing a wheel barrow full of rice seedlings for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring their rice after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings (in bucket) from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer holding a fish he has found and killed in the rice paddie in an effort to prevent it disturbing the recently transplanted seedlings.