Women in Agriculture

Women engaged in agricultural activities, highlighting their labor in fields and commitment to farming practices.

Thailand, Phuket, Women Field Workers

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Agricuture. Organic vegetable gardens in Tra Que Village. Farmer at work. Hoi An. Vietnam.

Bangladesh, Rangamati, portrait of woman working in tea plantations

Girl with huge pile of wood carrying wood on her head before Mount Mulanje, Malawi, Africa

Group Of Women Carrying Firewood Near Bijaipur Bijaipur, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of woman carrying basket on head, Dogon Country, Mali.

Farm workers harvesting rice, Battambang, Cambodia, Asia

Bean harvest in Lobogo, Benin.

Thailand, Phuket, Women Field Workers

Bangladesh, Srimangal, Female Tea Picker Putting Leaves In Sack Supported Around Her Head.

Vietnam. Woman planting rice.

Malawi, Blantyre, 11 year old girl helping washing dishes at her parents' house in Soche in Blantyre. This girl was allegedly defiled by a neighbor.

A female Burmese migrant worker prepares rice sprouts near Mae Sot, Thailand

Myanmar, Burma, Pan-lo. A man of the small Ann tribe on the first floor bamboo platform of his home. The Ann believe in evil spirits; this man is the village sharman.

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Africa, Benin, Ouidah. Typical street scene in Ouidah. Fruit vendor with mangos in front of typical straw matting for sale.

Woman carrying a bag on her head in northern Rwanda.

Woman cutting grass for the cattle in the Keoladeo NP India

Woman harvesting the rice sickle Cambodia

Worker in rice field, Cam Kim Island, Hoi An, Vietnam

Organic vegetable gardens in Tra Que Village. Farmer at work. Hoi An. Vietnam.

Woman digging her vegetable field in Pout, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Burundi, Market, Fruit, 'Women In Bright Dresses At Side Of Road, Standing Beside Their Pineapples For Sale.'

Outcaste women laboring land belonging to a high caste landowner, India,11/21/2003

Woman picking tea leaves in a tea plantation HAPUTALE, SRI LANKA - 05 February 2016: Tea Pickers in Fresh tea bud and leaves Hills of Sri Lanka Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanilinxVladyslavx 13533241

Kenya, Tambach District. At the end of a day, two old women walk home through fields of growing maize in a fertile area of Tambach District near the Elgeyo Escarpment.

Community work by women, Dilwara town, Rajasmand district, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

African farmer, Togo,06/27/2010

Woman carrying wood over her head, India

Traditional Asian female farmer Traditional Asian female farmer working in corn field ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/szefeix 4613707 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Igorot tribal woman works in the rice paddy, Banaue, Ifugao Province, Philippines

Two people rice planting, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman weaving Pandanus mat (Pandanus), Kioa Island Fiji.

Women plucking tea leaves, Tea Garden, india Copyright: xVivekxThayil/DinodiaxPhotox

Girl carrying firewood in western Rwanda

Myanmar, Burma, Mrauk U. Rakhine women return from Mrauk U market with woven bamboo baskets on their heads.

A man carries baskets of rice in a farming community in Southern Cambodia; Kampot, Cambodia

Cambodia, Central Market in Phnom Penh, shop assistants,

A tribal woman weaving "Rignawi", a traditional cloth used by the tribes of Tripura, in Tirthamoni village. Agartala, Tripura, India.

A woman makes makuti, a thatch from dried fronds of coconut palms, outside her home in Faza village. The chequered history of Faza dates back several hundred years. It was destroyed by Pate in the 13th century and again by the Portuguese in 1586.

Khmer farmer on Koh Dach (Silk island), Koh Dach, Cambodia.,02/17/2011

Picker carrying tea tree saplings on his head in western Rwanda, Africa

Young girls carrying bundles of grass. Awasa Region, Ethiopia.

Woman collecting cattle dung for organic manure from terraced rice fields, Kanthalloor, Marayur, Idukki District, Kerala, India, December

Market scene in the Mercato in Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba, Addis Ababa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Kingdom of Tonga, Neiafu. Local woman weaving straw mat.

Female Nepalese farmers carrying baskets, walking across a field, near Panauti, Nepal, Asia

India: Fishermen on the beach at Kovalam in Kerala

tea picker in Sri Lanka

A woman carries water from a nearby river to her hut, accompanied by a dog, Gaza Province, Mozambique, Africa

Elderly woman making a peace sign sitting by a dirt road with children

Woman carries baskets of fish, fish market, beach of Mui Ne, Vietnam, Asia

Picker carrying tea tree saplings on his head in western Rwanda.

Watched by a group of young children a woman washes dishes in a bucket of water at a humble home on the sidewalk in Bombay, India. A little girl has a...

Woman bathing in small town well outside Bagan, Myanmar.

Woman collecting cattle dung for organic fertiliser from terraced paddy fields, Kanthalloor, Marayur, Idukki district, Kerala, India, Asia

Kayan Lahwi woman making her morning wash and cleaning her brass neck coil with rice straw, Pan Pet Region, Kayah State, Myanmar, Asia

Mid adult woman picking tea leaves in a field, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

A local woman wearing a conical hat harvests rice in the valley of Mai Chau, Mai Chíu. Mai Chau Hoa Bin Province Vietnam FB_2024_3723

Indonesia, Bali. Balinese men planting rice seedlings in flooded rice Paddy, near Ubud, Indonesia. (Editorial Use Only)

Family gathering at a rustic abode.

Girls going to school, bastar, chhattisgarh, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman doing the laundry in the river, Madagascar, Africa

Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown, using a Matape to strain liquid from mashed Cassava to make Cassava Flour. Katoka Rupununi, Guyana. (MR)

Morigaon, India. 20 February 2024. A girl carries rice sapling in a paddy field on February 20, 2024 in Mayong, India. Rice cultivation contributes to food security in India by ensuring a stable supply of this essential food grain

Bangladesh, Jhenaidah. A man climbs a tree to collect date juice in Bangladesh. (Editorial use only)

A local woman wearing a conical hat harvests rice in the valley of Mai Chau, Mai Chíu, rice panicles lie bundled on the ground. Mai Chau Hoa Bin Province Vietnam FB_2024_3727

Farmers transplanting rice seedlings in the rice paddy, Orissa, India

Rosy Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) harvested by Malagasy woman, leaves and flowers used for anti-cancer medicine, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

Tanzania, West, Great Lakes Region, Woman With Baby Tied On Her Back Collecting Water From Pump In Refugee Camp.

Rural girl harvesting crop, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Farmer girl at work in barn, Mathania, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

A rice field worker holding rice stalks, Cambodia,02/24/2010

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Egypt, Nile Valley, Luxor, Sugar Harvest. A Young Man Smiling Standing On Cart Pulled By Donkeys Carrying Bundles Of Crop In Field

Women working in a field, Njindom, Cameroon, Africa

Nepal, Kathmandu, Woman Drawing Water From Pump On Roof Of Building.

Ghana, North, Chereponi, Women Collecting Water From Well Water Pump.

Africa, West Africa, Benin, Beri. Woman in traditional dress grinding paste.

Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Tufi Island, Baga Village. Woman weaving straw.

Indonesia, Java, Female Tea Pickers At Work Wearing Conical Straw Hats

Africa, Ethiopia, Omo region, Kibish. Suri tribe, Ethiopian woman working outside her hut

Boy playing with hoop, Kabale, Uganda, Africa

Wood sellers carry heavy loads of wood on their bicycles to sell in nearby urban centres where many people still cook on firewood or charcoal.

Warao Woman Making Bread With Flour Made From Palmtree, Mauritia Flexulosa, Indians Living In Orinoco Delta, Venezuela

Schoolboy running, Rutsiro district, Rwanda

Two ladies trading at Baba Peter Keita's market, Madakiya, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa

Sarajgonj, Bangladesh - 22 January 2026: View of bustling market scene with men cycling past piles of pumpkins, their vibrant orange hues contrasting with the muted tones of the winter morning.

girl fetching water from well, rajasthan, india Copyright: xNirbhayxJain/DinodiaxPhotox

Rural woman walking in field, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Man harvesting rice. (Large format sizes available)

Young boy climbing small tree, Brazil

Burmese woman collecting chili peppers near Kalaw, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Africa, Uganda, Gulu, local people

Boy carrying a tree bark in western Rwanda.

A Woman Wearing A Conical Hat And Carrying A Basket On Her Back At The Tea Plantation, Sumatran Indonesia

Side view of female farmer working on a rice field near Kengtung, Myanmar

A local farmer washes and prepares his how during the famous cow race of Pacu Jawi in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Bali, Rice Paddies, Worker Carrying Shoulder Baskets.

South Pacific, Fiji, Kadavu. Local Fijian islander checking his banana plantation on Dravuni Island

Africa, Tanzania, Karatu. Scene at the monthly market. Vendors come from about 50 km every month.

Traditional Konso village on a mountain ridge overlooking the rift valley. Inside a family compound. The Konso are living in traditional villages with compounds for each family. The compounds are connected by a maze of stone walled and fenced pathways.

Red Yao girl on the rice terrace at harvest time, Longsheng, Guangxi, China

Woman carrying a big bowl filled with salt on her head, Malya, Gujarat, India, Asia

Phu Tho, Vietnam - 15 October 2025: View of workers in conical hats carefully harvesting tea leaves, their faces reflecting the warm sunlight filtering through the lush greenery.

Indian woman in sari at her house in village

Portrait Of Chakma Man; Khagrachari, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Chittagong, Brahmanbaria, Two Boys Pulling Weeding Machine Through Paddy Field.

VANUATU, ANIWA ISLAND, WOMEN WEAVING WITH PALM LEAVES

Guatemala, Chichicastenango, Market, People,

Uganda, Mukono District. Children collect water from a well. (Editorial Use Only)

Asia, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Ninh Binh, woman working in the Rice fields, wearing a traditional conical Asian hat

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Karo village of Duss, woven basket in foreground, boy at edge of frame for a house, conical raised homes in background are for chickens (Editorial Usage Only)

People panning for gems near Ilakaka, Madagascar

An older woman bends to scoop a handful of unshelled peanuts from a basket in a wood hut with a small cook fire burning on the floor. Kerinci Valley, Sumatra, Indonesia

Togo, Kpaline region, daily life

Indian Farmer Carrying Bundle of Paddy Crop

Woman carrying water from Queen of Sheba's Swimming Pool, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

blur in lesotho malealea street village near mountain and sky

Asian young farmer woman and man with tablet pc computer and cows in cowshed on dairy farm. Agriculture industry, farming, people, technology and animal husbandry concept.

Cardamom pickers, La Taña, Reyna area, Uspantan department, Guatemala, Central America

A woman poses in a tea field in the Kerinci Valley of Sumatra, Indonesia. Kerinci is home to the second largest tea plantation in the world.

Women wearing colourful robes while harvesting corn for fodder, village of Moza Sabgogat near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

A man is herding cattle through a street in Segou, a city in the center of Mali, West Africa.

Aerial view of workers wearing traditional hats, surrounded by woven baskets, the textures and shadows create a captivating scene, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

China, Guangxi Province, Near Guilin, Longji Area, Terraced Fields, Canola Field (Rape Seed), Zhuang Women

African boy standing on roadside with handmade toy, Sao Tome and Principe

Women and children of the Orang Asil tribe sitting under tarpaulins in the jungle, native, indigenous people, tropical rain forest, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia, Asia

Bhutan, Bumthang, Farmer carrying straw (MR)

Madagascar, Inland, woman carrying bag on her head through green rice fields.

Boat - Ganvie lake village on Nokoue Lake, Ganvie, Benin.,10/23/2011

Vanuatu, Tanna Island, Kings Cross. Native Woman Peanut Vendor (NR)

West Africa, Africa, Togo, Tamberma Region. Batammariba children and tourists walking through field.

Female farmworkers carrying collected cow manure in baskets to the terraced fields surrounding Nagarkot, Nepal, Asia

At the Wema Catholic Mission, villagers from Mombasa stand behind a load of United States grain that was delivered by a United Nations M18 transport helicopter (not shown) out of Garissa, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

Women carrying giant baskets, Rwanda, Africa

Young people sitting outside a hut, laundry hanging on washing lines, Mae La refugee camp for the Karen tribe near Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

A mother is carrying toddler in the village of Puerto Rico along the Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon River basin near Iquitos.

Mali, Mopti. Farmers return to their village near Mopti on donkey-drawn carts.

A Bassari tribal elder asleap in his hut, dreaming of the future of his tribe, in the village of Icholo, in Senegal.

Tribal woman pumping water from hand pump, Nandgaon, Atgaon, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

Laos, Farming, Woman Planting Rice Seedlings In Paddy

A woman drinking borewell water at Anaikatty near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Mature woman cleaning solar panels in backyard on sunny day

Woman workers pick tea leaves at a tea garden.

Hill tribeswoman with baby in crib in the village, Dhuruba, Orissa, India

A young mother carrying her baby in a sling on her back, Nagarkot, Nepal, Asia

Woman presenting her bananas, Manakara on the east coast of Madagascar

A nursery in the village, Orissa, India

People playing domino at Floyd's Pelican Bar, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Woman and child with produce, Accra, Ghana

Women working in a rice field, paddy, Zentralvietnam, Vietnam, Asia

Indian tea picker on a tea plantation, Thekkady, Kerala, India, Asia

Sericulture, silk farming, silk cocoons are being harvested by a man by hand, Dalat, Central Highlands, Vietnam, Asia

Khumi tribe woman carrying a basket, Chimbuk Hill, Bandarban, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

Family in front of a brick house in Madagascar

Indian man carrying a hay bale on his head, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Pa-O hill tribe in the countryside between Inlet Lake and Kalaw, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma.

Bali, Indonesia. Indonesian women often do a lot of the hard labor. These women spend the entire day carrying heavy cement blocks to the top of a steep ravine, on their head, for a few dollars a day. (MR)

Unidentified ethnic Hmong minority people on rice terraces in the rural area of Sa Pa, near the border with China, Sapa, Lao Cai province, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia Copyright: NagyxMelinda 1265-449 Editorial Use Only

Mother washing her daughter, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

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Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa. Portrait of two Karo women sharing a conversation by the Omo River at sunset. (Editorial Use Only)

woman holding brinjal and smiling, in the field, Rural India

Boy carrying water pot Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Terrace rice fields. Two farmers resting between terrace rice fields in evening sunset, Bali, Indonesia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/szefeix 4452975

Sri Lanka, Weligama, Woman Making Lace In A Workshop

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Greater Accra. Woman carrying bowl with bags of popcorn to sell in market.

Thailand, Yasothon, Young Men Frolicking In A Mud Pool During The Rocket Festival Bun Bang Fai

KENYA Drought. Boran woman digging for water in the sand of a dry river bed..

Congolese refugee camp in Uganda. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Women harvesting tea, tea plantation, Nyungwe, Rwanda, Africa

Two happy young women harvesting on a winter morning

Farmer sitting on a cattle-drawn carriage laden with sacks, near Anjuna, Goa, India, southern India, Asia

Rwanda, Virunga Area, Volcanoes National Park, Local group performing traditional dancing

Western Samoa, Close-up of local womans hand holding Polynesian coconut hat

Dani man selling firewood on the market of Wamena, Baliem Valley, West Papua, former Irian Jaya, Island of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pygmy woman from the Baka or BaAka tribe setting up her hunting net in the forest, Dzanga-Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic, Africa

Children playing in street, Ban Huay Phouk, Phongsaly, Laos

Pygmy Baaka village in south-eastern Cameroon

Zanzibar, Tanzania; Woman drying sea weed

Woman mining salt, Salineras de Maras, Maras Salt Flats, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Burma, Myanmar, PUTAO area 3 kids are sitting down in front of their traditional bambou house

A moment of daily life as children gather around a water tap in a rural setting.

Farmer laughing in a field of beans, Takeo Province, Cambodia, Asia

Fishermen cutting a female Hawksbill Sea Turtle Djibouti

Rice farmers cooking sticky rice, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Slum dwellers sit with their belongings after demolition of slums on Sahar airport Chatrapati Shivaji International airport Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Women selling vegetables and fish at a market, Heldsbach, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

A Man Grouting A Brick Wall, Manica, Mozambique, Africa

Kashimpur, Bangladesh - 11 February 2018: View of a woman stirring a steaming cauldron, the smoke swirling around her in Kashimpur, blurring the rustic backdrop.

Woman on her way to sell her goods at the Otavalo market in Quito, Ecuador

Panay, Philippines - Jan 24, 2020: A villager from the island of Panay Philippines dries rice in the sun. Walking barefoot on the collected rice. A villager from the island of Panay Philippines dries rice in the sun. Walking barefoot on the collected rice. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RUDxDMITRIIx 15693283

Woman collecting sugar canes stalks on truck in small village of Australia Cuba farm country

Uganda, Budongo Village, Woman Picking Coffee.

Woman Wearing A Rice Hat In A Rice Field In Mai Chau, A District Of Hoa Binh Province In North Vietnam, Vietnam, South East Asia, Asia

Farmer with milk churns, Chanero Rio, Provinz Jonuta, Tabasco, Mexico, Central America

Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Bo Sang Village, Man Spinning Cotton Umbrella As He Applies Colour Finnish

Asia, China, Yangtze River, Three Gorges. Farmer carrying produce

Camels loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-12002 Editorial Use Only

Boys playing in sand dunes, Khurri, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

women working in the orchard, Amellagou, Imider Gorges, High Atlas, Morocco, Africa.

Indian tea picker on a tea plantation, Thekkady, Kerala, India, Asia

A Vietnamese Woman Wearing Traditional Conical Hat. Chau Doc. Vietnam.

China, Guangxi Province, Near Guilin, Longji Area, Terraced Fields, Canola Flowers, Zhuang Woman On Trail

Woman of the Chin ethnic group, ethnic minority, carrying a load on her head, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Asia

Portrait of an Indian female farm worker working in the field

Women, fish seller, fish market, Elmina fishing port, Gold Coast, Ghana, Africa

Three women picking tea leaves at a tea plantation, Chengyang, Guangxi Province, China, April 2004.

Child playing by a creek on a nature outing day

Girl making clothes for traditional 'Kaapse Klopse' Carnival, Cape Town, South Africa

Group of berber women going to work on a paved road, Ait Blal, azilal province, Atlas mountain range, morocco

Freindly woman selling fruits on the street, Toliara, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Africa

Local farmer carrying vegetables on back mountain area of Li River in unique Guilin Yangshuo area of China (MR)

In the highlands of Abyssinia, in the Semien Mountains, landscape in the Semien Mountains National Park, guard, accompanying person, Ethiopia, Africa

Young people from the village of Panaman, near La Parroquia (Lancetillo), El Quiche, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala, Central America

Tribal people and health worker in Gudulur Hills, India, Asia

Man selling Khat Qat, a local drug, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11383 Editorial Use Only

Local people, Mbomo Village, Odzala, Kokoua National Park, Congo

Young woman standing in fields holding map back view

Kenya, Nairobi. A crowded part of Kibera, one of Nairobis largest slums.

A base housing resident chops a section of palm damaged by Typoon Ruby, the second major storm to hit the Philippines in less than two weeks. A base housing resident chops a section of palm damaged by Typoon Ruby, the second major storm to hit the Philippines in less than two weeks.

Three school girls looking at passing train. Ride from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Elderly man standing in western Rwanda

This scene in Japan dates to 1909 and shows women combining out flax seed.

Asia, Nepal, Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepalese children on amusement ride

Portrait Young pretty Asian woman in beautiful Thai traditional clothes at rice field, she sitting near fishing equipment, bamboo trap, trap shrimp, and spoon-net

The people of Krinjing Village, the closest village on the slopes of Mount Merapi, took refuge in the Deyangan Village from 8th November, 2020 onwards. When the status of Mount Merapi was raised to be on alert. Magelang, Indonesia. (Photo by: Nico Haryono/Majority World/UIG)

Woman threading tobacco leaves, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Back view of man carrying containers on shoulders while walking among pineapple bushes on plantation, Canary Islands