Subsistence farming

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A woman in an orange sari and white headscarf bends over to plant rice seedlings in a flooded paddy field in Tamil Nadu, India.

A rural woman harvesting pearl millet, locally known as 'mahangu', placing it into a basket while carrying another basket on her head near Rundu, about 750 kilometres northeast of Windhoek along the border with Angola.

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A woman in an orange sari and white headscarf bends over to plant rice seedlings in a flooded paddy field in Tamil Nadu, India.

Rice cultivation in India

Subsistence farming focuses on growing food grains and vegetables on small plots...

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A rural woman harvesting pearl millet, locally known as 'mahangu', placing it into a basket while carrying another basket on her head near Rundu, about 750 kilometres northeast of Windhoek along the border with Angola.

Woman harvesting pearl millet

Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), locally known as mahangu, being...

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