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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  Women harvest rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker operates a threshing machine, separating rice from the chaff, in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker stacks freshly harvested rice at the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers plant baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A worker picks baby rice to transplant to a paddy where it will grow to maturity in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - INMA, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A man spreads rice to dry on a paved road in his village in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker plants baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker stacks freshly harvested rice at the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker plants baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  Women harvest rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker stacks freshly harvested rice at the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker stacks freshly harvested rice at the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - WAKEMA, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A woman carries a sack of paddy rice (unharvested rice) off a barge in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Most of the rice is still moved by barge because of the lack of roads in the area. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - WAKEMA, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A woman carries a sack of paddy rice (unharvested rice) off a barge in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Most of the rice is still moved by barge because of the lack of roads in the area. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker stacks freshly harvested rice at the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers carry freshly harvested rice to the edge of the paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  Women harvest rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman harvests rice in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman sells vegetables in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker on a rice farm in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker operates a threshing machine, separating rice from the chaff, in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A teenager throws a bundle of harvested rice to a threshing machine in a rice paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker stands on a stack of rice sacks in Pathein, the administrative center of the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker carries a bag of rice to a warehouse in Pathein, the administrative center of the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farm worker uses a hoe to prepare a rice field for planting in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Sunrise on the Irrawaddy River in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Sunrise on the Irrawaddy River in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker ties a sack of rice shut after it was threshed in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers plant baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A worker picks baby rice to transplant to a paddy where it will grow to maturity in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Women bag rice after it was threshed in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Men cut up bamboo to use in a home in their village in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A natural gas well near Yandon in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) of Myanmar. Natural gas exploration is becoming common in the area. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A worker picks baby rice to transplant to a paddy where it will grow to maturity in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014051.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A woman sells bananas in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014028.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - WAKEMA, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  Workers feed sacks of paddy rice (paddy rice is unprocessed rice) into a processing line at a rice mill in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DeltaRiceHarvest031.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman weighs leaf lettuce for a customer in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014023.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A pedicab taxi in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014014.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers plant baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DeltaRiceHarvest020.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Workers plant baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DeltaRiceHarvest021.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker plants baby rice in a paddy in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DeltaRiceHarvest018.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014038.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - WAKEMA, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  Workers feed sacks of paddy rice (paddy rice is unprocessed rice) into a processing line at a rice mill in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DeltaRiceHarvest030.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - MAUBIN, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A worker picks baby rice to transplant to a paddy where it will grow to maturity in the Ayeyarwady  Delta. Myanmar is the world's sixth largest rice producer and more than half of Myanmar's arable land is used for rice cultivation. The Ayeyarwady Delta is the most important rice growing region and is sometimes called "Myanmar's Granary." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is predicting that the 2017 harvest will increase over 2016 and that exports will surge to 1.8 million tonnes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DeltaRiceHarvest013.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014037.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014036.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A natural gas well near Yandon in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) of Myanmar. Natural gas exploration is becoming common in the area. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014043.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A man on a pedicab brings plastic tubs to the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014031.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Sunrise on the Irrawaddy River in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014008.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A worker carries a bag of rice to a warehouse in Pathein, the administrative center of the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014057.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farm worker uses a hoe to prepare a rice field for planting in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014047.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014050.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A dirt road in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014044.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Fish for sale in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014029.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman sells vegetables in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014021.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Boats on the Irrawaddy River in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014010.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A man brings a Buddhist monk into Pantanaw on a motorcycle. Pantanaw is a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014030.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman with her children in their home in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014054.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Betel leaf for sale in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014026.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A woman sells fish in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014019.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Hats for sale in a shop in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Sunrise on the Irrawaddy River in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014009.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A local "bus" in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014049.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014033.jpg
  • 21 NOVEMBER 2017 - PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Early morning light in the market in Pantanaw, a town near Pathien in the Ayeyarwady delta.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A Buddhist monk walks along a back road in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014052.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014039.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Betel leaf for sale in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman sells vegetables in the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014022.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer clears land on his farm near the Irrawaddy River in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A local "bus" in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014048.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farm worker uses a hoe to prepare a rice field for planting in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: An inflatable toy vendor walks down the street in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IrrawaddyDelta2014018.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Burmese walk into Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A man on a pedicab brings onions to the market in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: Boys on a pedicab in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A canal in Pantanaw, a town in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A woman with her children in their home in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to plow a rice field Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) in Myanmar. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2014 - IRRAWADDY DELTA,  AYEYARWADY REGION, MYANMAR:  A natural gas well near Yandon in the Irrawaddy Delta (or Ayeyarwady Delta) of Myanmar. Natural gas exploration is becoming common in the area. The region is Myanmar's largest rice producer, so its infrastructure of road transportation has been greatly developed during the 1990s and 2000s. Two thirds of the total arable land is under rice cultivation with a yield of about 2,000-2,500 kg per hectare. FIshing and aquaculture are also important economically. Because of the number of rivers and canals that crisscross the Delta, steamship service is widely available.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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