Farmers

Bamyan governor, Dr. Habiba Sarabi, stands on a patio overlooking the Bamyan river valley where the ancient standing Buddhas of Bamiyan statues used to reside in the giant insets, one of which can be seen here, More

Razia Jan, the director of Arzu Studio Hope, walks the grounds of the community garden and playground the organization built in the Dragon Valley, west of the town of Bamyan. Women and children enrolled in the More

New Zealand Capt. James Molony, the Padre for the Bamyan Provincial Reconstruction Team, Task Unit Crib, wrestles with four boys who live at the Samar Orphanage in Bamyan, June 22, 2012. Soldiers from the New Z More

Maj. Jonathon Pike, a member of the California Army National Guard, serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team, takes notes while participating in a village shura in Payenda Khel, Afghanistan.

The outgoing USDA, Agricultural Advisor Christopher Greco, left, introduces his replacement Robert Eaton, right, with local farmers during a quality assurance, quality control inspection patrol at River Village More

Bamyan Governor Dr. Habiba Sarabi stands on a patio overlooking the Bamyan river valley where the ancient standing Buddhas of Bamiyan statues used to reside in two giant insets, one of which can be seen here, J More

Children sing the Afghanistan national anthem in a class at the Arzu Studio Hope compound in the Dragon Valley, west of the town of Bamyan June 20, 2012. Women enrolled in the program receive higher-than-averag More

An American civilian carpenter known as "Cowboy", plays with three boys who live at the Samar Orphanage in Bamyan, June 22, 2012. Soldiers from the Bamyan Provincial Reconstruction Team, led by the New Zealand More

U.S. soldiers with the Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost, visit the garden inside the home of a farmer living in the Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2012. The Khost PRT was vi More

Pangola grass - originally from South Africa - is now the big thing in central Brazil. Introduced a few years ago by American foreign aid technicians working under the Alliance for Progress, this remarkable new More

An Iraqi farmer displays his potatoes grown in a field in Muehlah, Iraq, on Dec. 18.

Mark Smith of Team Borag discusses the progress of an irrigation project with an Iraqi farmer near the Central Euphrates Farmers Market in Muelah, Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2008.

An Afghan farmer pushes a wheel barrel full of dirt in a village in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 24, 2012.

Women study general education in a 1st grade class at the Arzu Studio Compound in Dragon Valley, west of the town of Bamyan. Women and children enrolled the program are employed as carpet weavers and receive hi More

New Zealand navy Sub Lt. Nick Hobbs, and Army Capt. Dave Foote, a nurse, both with Task Unit Crib, play soccer with boys from the Samar Orphanage in Bamyan, June 22, 2012. Soldiers from the New Zealand continge More

Kathy Gibbons, owner of Gibbons Farm, Camp Douglas, Wis., shares anecdotal stories about life on a dairy farm with U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 994th Medical Detachment, Round Rock, Texas, there to learn More

Afghans farmers harvest grain from their fields outside of the village of Talawka, Konduz province, Afghanistan, Oct. 5.

Two local girls enjoy the Arzu Studio Hope garden and playground in Dragon Valley, west of the town of Bamyan, June 20, 2012. Women enrolled the Arzu program receive higher-than average compensation for their w More

New Zealand army Capt. Dave Foote, a nurse with Task Unit Crib, weighs and measures some boys from the Samar Orphanage in Bamyan, June 22, 2012. Soldiers from the New Zealand contingent in Bamyan have been visi More

Afghans farmers harvest grain from their fields outside of the village of Talawka, Konduz province, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2010.

Malaysian soldiers with the Bamyan Provincial Reconstruction Team cheer as New Zealand army Capt. Dave Foote, a nurse with Task Unit Crib, arm wrestles with a boy at the Samar Orphanage near Forward Operating B More

Local boys display the bicycle tires they race with on a street near Forward Operating Base Bamyan, June 24, 2012.

A Guatemalan girl washes clothes while sheep graze along the mountainside in Chiantla, Guatemala. A U.S. Army veterinarian and veterinary technicians from 109th MD(VS) teamed with Guatemalan veterinary students More

A UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the Bamyan river valley, June 24, 2012.

A young man travels in style near Forward Operating Base Bamyan, June 24, 2012. The collection of ancient fortifications on the hill behind them is known as Shahr-e Gholghola, or the "City of Screams." In the 1 More

Soheila Rezai (seated) and her daughter, Zahra Nazari, sit in the beauty salon they own and operate in a mall in the Bamyan bazaar, June 25, 2012.

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police form up outside Forward Operating Base Bamyan, June 25, 2012.

Afghans farmers harvest grain from their fields outside of the village of Talawka, Konduz province, Afghanistan, Oct. 5.

HAITIAN PEASANT FARMERS PLANT TREES WHICH WILL BE HARVESTED IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND SOLD FOR INCOME AS FUELWOOD OR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.

Steven Greimann, a senior civilian representative with the U.S. Agency for International Development, snaps a photo of a deep well in a tobacco field during Operation Southern Strike III near the village of Spi More

A Nicaraguan farmer holds a rope for U.S. Army veterinarians and civilians while they give his cows vaccines on his farm outside Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 21. Service members and civilians are deployed in su More

The U.S. Agency for International Development has been helping make possible a broad program of agrarian reform in Colombia through loans totaling $18.5 million. Six and a half million acres of fertile land, on More

The United States through its Agency for International Development, has made a massive effort to rush relief supplies to the devastated area of East Pakistan which was hit by the typhoon and tidal wave in mid-N More

Mark Smith of Team Borag discusses the progress of an irrigation project with an Iraqi farmer near the Central Euphrates Farmers Market in Muelah, Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2008.

1999 INDONESIA PHOTOS - Farmers working

Mark Smith of Team Borag checks the progress of an irrigation project near the Central Euphrates Farmers Market in Muelah, Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2008.

1999 INDONESIA PHOTOS - Farmer working

1999 INDONESIA PHOTOS - Farm workers

Farmers harvesting crops.

Bokusei Kinjo at his farm near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 23, 2017. Kinjo has become a father figure to Gunnery Sgt. Todd Groves, who has worked alongside Kinjo for over two years now. Groves is a main More

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA and SBA Assist Rural Residents Production Date: 05/20/2011 Caption: Marvell, Ark. , May 20, 2011 -- Bob Howard, a FEMA Public Affairs specialist addresses More

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA Responds To Rural Residents Production Date: 05/20/2011 Caption: Marvell, Ark. , May 20, 2011 -- Bob Howard, a FEMA Public Affairs Specialist talks with U More

The original database describes this as: Title: Flooding distruction Production Date: 06/02/2011 Caption: Lauderdale County, Tenn. , June 2, 2011 --- This county was 52% underwater, flooding farmers' homes a More

The original database describes this as: Title: Saved Equipment Production Date: 06/02/2011 Caption: Lauderdale County, Tenn. , June 2, 2011 --- Farm equipment, safely stored high above the flood, line the s More

The original database describes this as: Title: Still in Flood Production Date: 06/02/2011 Caption: Lauderdale County, Tenn. , June 2, 2011 -- Almost one month since the Mississippi River crested, fields are More

The original database describes this as: Title: High Ground Production Date: 06/02/2011 Caption: Lauderdale County, Tenn. , June 2, 2011 -- Movable structures, brought to safety from the flood, line the sid More

The original database describes this as: Title: Not Elevated Enough Production Date: 06/02/2011 Caption: Lauderdale County, Tenn. , June 2, 2011 --- This home was elevated but not high enough. FEMA, togethe More