A life close to the land in Northeast Thailand

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The hands of an elderly Thai woman pictured here as she plants vegetables in her small garden as a means of food for her and her elderly husband, both of whom have lived their lives close to the land cultivating rice.

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An elderly Thai woman plants vegetables in her small garden as a means of food for her and her elderly husband, both of whom have lived their lives close to the land cultivating rice.

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An elderly Thai woman plants vegetables in her small garden as a means of food for her and her elderly husband, both of whom have lived their lives close to the land cultivating rice.

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An elderly Thai woman plants vegetables in her small garden as a means of food for her and her elderly husband, both of whom have lived their lives close to the land cultivating rice.

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The hands of an elderly Thai woman pictured here as she plants vegetables in her small garden as a means of food for her and her elderly husband, both of whom have lived their lives close to the land cultivating rice.

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A newly planted vegetable garden will provide an elderly Thai couple with the basics of what they require to live and fend for themselves, having spent their entire lives working close to the land cultivating rice.

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An elderly Thai woman plants vegetables in her small garden as a means of food for her and her elderly husband, both of whom have lived their lives close to the land cultivating rice.

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An elderly Thai man shows the fish he has dried in a bamboo trellis. Fish dried in this way can be kept for months.

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Fish is dried in a bamboo trellis. Fish dried in this way can be kept for months and is used in a variety of dishes, often with fiery hot chilli.

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Fish that has been dried in a bamboo trellis is hung up out of the way of vermin before it will be placed in the sun again. Fish dried in this way over a number of days can be kept for months before use.

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An elderly Thai man, used to making ends meet throughout his entire life, dries cooked rice that has been left after a meal. He says he can sell this rice for animal feed once it has been dried at about the equivalent of 13 US cents per kilogramme.

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An elderly Thai man, used to making ends meet throughout his entire life, dries cooked rice that has been left after a meal. He says he can sell this rice for animal feed once it has been dried at about the equivalent of 13 US cents per kilogramme.

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An elderly Thai man, used to making ends meet throughout his entire life, dries cooked rice that has been left after a meal. He says he can sell this rice for animal feed once it has been dried at about the equivalent of 13 US cents per kilogramme.

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Previously cooked rice lies drying in the sun alongside fiery hot chillis. Rice such as this left over from a meal can be sold for animal feed once it has been dried at about the equivalent of 13 US cents per kilogramme.