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Friday, June 11, 2010

Filling in the gaps


The rice fields are basically all planted now, and the rainy season is expected to start officially in two days.

All that's left for most farmers to do is to fill in the occasional gaps left by the planting machines. This is mostly done by women over 60.



Posted by Don Weiss at 9:09 AM

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