Man working in a cereal field near village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Woman planting rice seedlings, young rice sprouts in a field, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia, Asia

Farmer planting rice seedlings, young rice sprouts in a field, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia, Asia

Gardeners, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France

Farmers working in rice paddies in Jatiluwih, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man checking dried tobacco leaves, Brena Alta, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, Europe

Young rice sprouts in a field, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia, Asia

Pottery in the city of Tamegroute, Draa River valley, Province of Zagora, Region Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man driving tractor with harvested San Giovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man loading trailer with harvested San Giovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Men picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man emptying Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes into vat at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Archaeologists at work Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man driving tractor with harvested San Giovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Man picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Field of sandy soil with rows of plastic sheets under which crops grow with dripping irrigation pipes and man at work in field, Qumran, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Farmer working in bare field, with flood irrigation, village of Borunda, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Backlit view of watermelon growing in sandy soil under plastic sheeting, Qumran, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a woman planting trees for onward growth in the Ashrams forests.

Lettuces growing at Growing with Grace, an organic fruit and vegetable growing co-operative based in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Organic compost heap at Growing with Grace, an organic fruit and vegetable growing co-operative based in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Peat-free compost at Growing with Grace, an organic fruit and vegetable growing co-operative based in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Riddling organic compost at Growing with Grace, an organic fruit and vegetable growing co-operative based in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lettuces growing at Growing with Grace, an organic fruit and vegetable growing co-operative based in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI.Cuttings being planted in the nursery

Cabbages and onions growing at Growing with Grace, an organic fruit and vegetable growing co-operative based in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

British Gas workers replacing old metal gas pipes with plastic ones as part of an upgrade to comply with modern health and safety legislation, in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A British Gas worker using a compressed air soil picker to loosen soil around utility pipes as part of a gas pipe replacement upgrade, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Robert Simpson takes soil samples to measure the level of methanotropic bacteria during an experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia Pacific

Hole dug by digger in the former lake bed to try and find water, Hong Hai Zai, near Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Laying a new water pipeline in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A digger digs deeper into the former lake bed to try and find water, Hong Hai Zai, near Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Hole dug by digger in the former lake bed to try and find water, Hong Hai Zai, near Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Tree nursery raising pine trees to plant out across Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Tree nursery raising pine trees to plant out across Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

A digger digs deeper into the former lake bed to try and find water, Hong Hai Zai, near Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Tree nursery raising pine trees to plant out across Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

A farmer ploughing a field near Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A vegetable bed at the Eden Project, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Road works in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chinese workers preparing their garden plot for food production near Tongshuan, Shanxi, Northern China, Asia

Dirty hands holding potatoes

Mari farmer tending to crops in rural field

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Cattle being used to pull a plough, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

An Ethiopian farmer uses a cattle drawn plough to tend to his fields, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Grape harvest. Bargota, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Students practice irrigation techniques, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

African child in the countryside.

Man tending a vegetable garden.

Woman at a loom, Batak culture, Samosir island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia

Farmer working on dried loamy soil, Basti Lehar Walla village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Female weaver, Batak culture, Samosir Island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Excavator at a construction site, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Dredger is clearing a forest to expand a road, Paraguay, South America

Front loader on coal island, inland port in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Inhabitants of a mountain village building a road with the assistance of an aid organisation, they want to link their village to the main road to allow economic development in the community, Bordes, Leogane, Ouest Department, Haiti, Caribbean, Central Ame

Young women carrying heavy stones to secure the shores of an artificial lake for irrigation, Quispillacta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

Young woman with child in a sling carrying a heavy stone to secure the shores of an artificial lake for irrigation, Quispillacta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

Self-sufficient labor-intensive farming in Ha Giang province, Vietnam.Traditional sustainable agriculture

Travel composition with magnifying glass

Self-sufficient labor-intensive farming in Ha Giang province, Vietnam.Traditional sustainable agriculture

Crane doing earthworks, vineyard being newly constructed

Crane doing earthworks, vineyard being newly constructed

Taiche, Manrique, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

The Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF), a low level waste facility at Hanford Nuclear Site, WA. The trucks are carrying mostly soil but also some misc. equipment taken from the decommissioning work at Hanford.

MALAWI Farming Girls working in fields near Lilongwe. The soil is very dry due to the lateness of the rains

BURKINA FASO Kiembara Man and woman hand tilling soil in field.

Logger driving work horse pulling a log forest, Devon, United Kingdom

Logger driving work horse pulling a log forest, Devon, United Kingdom

A man working in the fields at the social care and work project, the Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz. Sowing seed in the ploughed furrows, California, USA

Honeysuckle plantation: land amendment

Tip for forming a straight seed groove: Drive a tool handle to the soil surface.

Planting a sage step by step: soil preparation.

Tractor during stubble ploughing in autumn, Pas-de-Calais, Opal Coast, France

Gulls following a tractor during stubble ploughing in autumn, Pas-de-Calais, Opal Coast, France