farmland

farmland · livestock

Blue sky with balls of white cotton balls floating and birds silhouetted in the backdrop of the clouds. Vast green fields merged with green grasslands of the coastal area. Herds of cattle grazing in the nearby field.

farmland · village

A panning view of a rice field in rural India in the Western Ghats. The rice plants are in the flowering stage at one end of the field while the other end has started filling and reaching the dough stage.

farmland · monsoon

These lovely fields of rice paddies take full advantage of the monsoon rains that are treating north India to much-needed precipitation profusion, allowing the cultivation of a water-consuming crop like paddy.

farmland · monsoon

The stark green-ness of this post monsoon profusion of rice paddies in the fields outside Vangani town in Maharashtra shows the verdant moist nature of the flanks of the Western Ghats and their amenity to agriculture, especially water-greed…

wildlife · birds

The vast field of Bajra or Bajri looks unkempt and unattended with huge ingrowths of grass and weed.

farmland · hills

Rice paddies are cultivated in step cultivation form in the Himalaya. The rice fields are stepped down the hillside, with each field a foot or so lower so that the steepness of the hill is tamed and water can flow evenly from one field to t…

farmland · hills

A broad and mildly sloping Ganga river valley in middle Garhwal leads to the upper Alaknanda Ganga valley village regions of Wan and further up to Joshimath.

farmland · livestock

A basic but rarely seen activity of farming in Indian rural areas is storing hay after the harvest for feeding cattle and also own-stream making cow dung patties.

farmland

An aerial view of beautifully manicured terraced farms with paddy ready for harvest in Goa. A mixture of yellow and green surrounded by green forests. It's an explosion of nature's spectacular colours.

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Potato cultivation occurs almost throughout India. This massive aalu farm in the Badlapur belt of Maharashtra is promising excellent spud returns this year.

farmland · industry

A farmer is filmed tilling his farm manually next to a field of green and red amaranths in Maharashtra.

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A panning view of a farm covered in red and green Amaranth or chaulhai plants in Maharashtra. Considered as a superfood for its grain and leaves, Amaranths are a hit with health conscious individuals.

farmland

The pests and monkeys at our Wilderness Orchard are in for a scare this winter with our farmer ready with his arsenal. He is busy making slingshot ammunition from clay mixed with water.

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Intricate yet simple irrigation system for sprinkling water across a wide series of fields, as per an advancement of traditional Israeli drip irrigation technology.

farmland · aerial

A vast agricultural field in the middle of lush forests near the backwaters of Udupi city in Karnataka as seen in aerials.

farmland · hills

A farmer uses his bulls to pull the plough to create furrows in his hard soil fields in Agoda village of the Garhwal Himalaya, in the dry and cold winter months.

farmland

Come summer and watermelons or tarbooz are in high demand all over India. Fly with us over this well organized farm growing this summer favourite in Maharashtra.

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A glimpse of a wheat farm in North India in the flowering season in late winter. These will be soon ready for harvest.

farmland · flowers

Mustard farms in North India are in full bloom as spring arrives. The landscape is covered in yellow and green. This is not just a pretty sight but an important agricultural crop in India.

Uttar Pradesh·farmland · village

Uttar Pradesh kisan (yes, these are real farmers who sow and yield harvests, and not sit and protest by highways) log hard at work in their aalu ki khetis, extracting spuds from the ground during spring-time potato harvest.

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A wheat thresher at work in a field in Uttar Pradesh, busily separating the wheat from the chaff.

farmland · bazaar

After wheat talks have been harvested from the fields of north India, the wheat stalks are threshed to separate the chaff and the wheat seeds.

Uttar Pradesh·farmland · bazaar

Wheat threshing action at a small farm in north India's Meerut: farmers process golden wheat stalks by pushing them into the manual thresher, risking their limbs in the process.