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Ethiopia, Debre Markos. A man threshes his grain to seperate the seeds in rural Ethiopia, outside Debre Markos.
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Ethiopia, Debre Markos. An old man with a sack of grain outside Debre Markos.
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Rural scene under the shade of a large mango tree, near Dandougou, Burkina Faso
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Burundi. A girl stands in a sorghum field in rural Burundi. Most children work on the land here instead of going to school.
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A fine view from the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, just south of Debre Sina where the accumulated layers of basaltic lavas and tuffs lie 3,000 feet thick. The western scarp in this region rises to over 11,000 feet above sea level
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Rich farming country close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, just north of Debre Sina. Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. Every inch of fertile land is cultivated by hand to feed Ethiopia's population of over 60 million.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Rich farming country on a highland plateau north of Debre Sina. Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. Every inch of fertile land is cultivated by hand to feed Ethiopias population of over 60 million.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Farmers drive livestock to Senbete market, which is an important weekly market close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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A view of spectacular mountain scenery between Senbete and Kombolcha.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Deep Maasai wells at Loibor Serrit where cattle paths are cut deep into the soil to allow livestock nearer to the source of water. Despite this immense amount of manual labour.Four fit, young men are necessary to bring water to the stock troughs about 30 feet above the water level at the bottom of the hand dug wells.
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A small village in the Ethiopian Highlands, northeast of Addis Ababa.The highland plateau rises to over 11,000 feet and is Africas most extensive upland region.The Amhara people who till the land there are Ethiopias largest ethnic group.Every inch of fertile land is cultivated to feed Ethiopias population of over 60 million.
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Terraced cultivation on a ledge of the western scarp of the Abysinnian Rift Valley at Ankober.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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A spectacular view from the western scarp of the Abysinnian Rift Valley at Ankober.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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A view of spectacular mountain scenery between Senbete and Kombolcha.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Fertile farming land surrounds Lake Ashange in northern Ethiopia.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.Agriculture forms the background of the country's economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.Agriculture forms the background of the country's economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Portrait of cow in stone, stable with bucket, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso
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Cattle under the shade of a large baobab tree, near Dandougou, Burkina Faso
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Burundi. As one of the most densely populated countries in Africa, nearly all available land is farmed. This has lead to widespread deforestation.
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Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates.Livestock belonging to the nomadic Afar people graze this harsh, windswept region.
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Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates. The jagged pinnacles and spires close to the lake were formed thousands of years ago when volcanic gases bubbled up through the bottom of an ancient lake that was 100 feet deeper than it is today.Livestock belonging to the nomadic Afar people graze this harsh, windswept r
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Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates. The jagged pinnacles and spires close to the lake were formed thousands of years ago when volcanic gases bubbled up through the bottom of an ancient lake that was 100 feet deeper than it is today.Livestock belonging to the nomadic Afar people graze this harsh, windswept r
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Cattle grazing a limestone escarpment, Winskill Stones, Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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Farmer Sitting in Mielie Truck, Boons, North West Province, South Africa
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Maasai cattle are driven to water across the hot,dusty flats of a seasonal lake near Amboseli.
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills,a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
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Herds of cattle owned by Datoga pastoralists make deep ruts in the friable soil surrounding Lake Eyasi,a seasonal alkaline lake,which lies in a false arm of the Great Rift Valley southeast of the Ngorongoro Highlands
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Maasai pastoralists water their livestock at the seasonal Sanjan River,which rises in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania.
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Maasai livestock watering at the seasonal Sanjan River,which rises in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania.
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Gathering in the rice harvest near Ambalavao. Men cut the rice while women and children bundle and carry it for stacking.
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A Dassanech woman milks a cow by hand collecting the milk in a gourd at a settlement alongside the Omo River. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000,the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb,Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.
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A Konso village set in dramatic scenery in southwest Ethiopia.The Konso people are very industrious farmers,cultivating poor soil on terraces,which are buttressed with dry-stone walls. They share a number of customs with their neighbours,the Borana. They both worship the sky God,Waq,and both have an ancestor cult.
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Terraced farming on the western scarp of Africa's Great Rift Valley,west of Lake Abaya. The crop under cultivation is Teff,a small-grained cereal,which is grown extensively in Ethiopia. It is used to make the country's national dish,injera,a fermented,bread-type pancake.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara National Reserve. Maasai men herding cattle.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara National Reserve. Maasai men herding cattle.
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Herd of cows grazing in pasture with the late afternoon sun shining over the fields at Le Markstein in the Vosges Mountains in Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
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Herd of cows grazing in pasture with the late afternoon sun shining over the fields at Le Markstein in the Vosges Mountains in Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
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Burundi. Traditionally dressed lady farmers pose for their portraits by thier home.
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France, Hautes-Alpes, Gap. In the High Alps a farmer herds his cows down the road a traditional scene little changed over the past couple of centuries.
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Long-horned Ankole cattle are prized among the people of southwest Uganda and Rwanda. They are an African taurine breed with origins dating back prior to the introduction of humped-back or zebu cattle into the Horn of Africa during the human invasions from Arabia in the seventh century BC.
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A young Maasai herdsboy controls his family's cattle at the Sanjan River to prevent too many animals watering at the same time.
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Canada. Patterns in the rows of crop on the prairie shot from an airplane
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Canada. Patterns in the rows of crop on the prairie shot from an airplane
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Canada. Patterns in the rows of crop on the prairie shot from an airplane
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Rwanda. Rwandas unique geology enables a large percentage of the countrys power to be generated by hydro electric plants.
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Rwanda. The land of a thousand hills Rwandas unique geology is the base of many folk tales.
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Rwanda. The Gorillas Nest lodge provides accommodation for tourists trekking with mountain gorillas.
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Rwanda. Lake Burero reaches out underneath the volcanoes. The volcanic lakes provide protected habitat for numerous species of birds.
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Rwanda. The luxurious Virunga Safari Lodge sits below looming volcanoes. Tourists use the hotel as a base from which to trek with mountain gorillas.
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Rwanda. In the land of a thousand hills population density is at its highest in africa. Terracing is used to maximise the area that can be farmed.
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Rwanda. In the most densely populated country in Africa terracing is used to maximise the area that can be farmed.
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Rwanda. In the land of a thousand hills population density is at its highest in africa. Terracing is used to maximise the area that can be farmed.
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The beautiful hill country of Southwest Uganda and Rwanda supports one of the highest human population densities in Africa. Consequently, every square inch of this fertile volcanic land is tilled and crudely terraced on steep hill slopes to prevent erosion.Blessed with good rainfall, almost every conceivable crop is grown.
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The beautiful hill country of Southwest Uganda and Rwanda supports one of the highest human population densities in Africa. Consequently, every square inch of this fertile volcanic land is tilled and crudely terraced on steep hill slopes to prevent erosion.Blessed with good rainfall, almost every conceivable crop is grown.
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Long horned Ankole cattle are prized among the people of southwest Uganda and Rwanda.The Bayarwanda speaking people living close to the Rwanda border use an unusual bell-shaped wooden pot, called ekyanzi, for storing fresh milk.
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A Dassanech woman milks her familys cattle in the early morning.The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern Cushitic origin.They live in the Omo Delta and they practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.
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Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates.Livestock belonging to the nomadic Afar people graze this harsh, windswept region.
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Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates. Livestock belonging to the nomadic Afar people graze this harsh, windswept region.
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Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates. The jagged pinnacles and spires close to the lake were formed thousands of years ago when volcanic gases bubbled up through the bottom of an ancient lake that was 100 feet deeper than it is today.
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Kenya,Timau. Rolling wheat farms at Timau, 8,500 feet above sea level, looking northeast to the Nyambeni Mountains.
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Kenya,Timau. Rolling wheat farms at Timau, 8,500 feet above sea level, looking northeast to the Nyambeni Mountains.
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Kenya,Timau. Rolling wheat farms at Timau, 8,500 feet above sea level, looking north to the semi-arid Northern Province.
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