Back to album

Thai women in the paddy fields

Thai women hold dual responsibility for farm at home. In rice farming women in Thailand have a substantial role. Traditionally, men plough, make bunds and prepare seedbeds, and women do more than half of the transplanting of rice, weeding, harvesting, threshing and post-harvest operations. Women are increasingly involved in land preparation, irrigation and preparing bunds and seedbeds

28,419 views
84 faves
1,351 comments
Uploaded on May 30, 2010
Taken on November 17, 2009