Rice Fields (Oryza sativa), with Zebu Cattle being used to break up dry soil clods prior to flooding and subsequent planting. Madagascar.

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Rice (Oryza sativa). Dried mud being broken up by using hooves of Zebu cattle prior to irrigation flooding and new seedlings planted. Isala. Madagascar. November.

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