Man carries straw fodder uphill to Chobar, Kathmandu valley, Nepal


A local Nepali man carries fodder up to his village almost disappearing under the load Nepal is one of the poorest developing countries in the third world and subsistence farming still takes place throughout the Kathmandu valley and even within the capital itself Chobar is a medieval Newar town lost in time and this was taken in October 2004 late summer early autumn Rice is a staple diet and grown under labour-intensive traditional manual methods


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