Yao minority ladies, Longji rice terraces, Longshen, China

Aerial View of Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Aerial View of Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Tegalalang Rice Terraces near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Tegalalang Rice Terraces near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Duoyishu Rice Terraces at dawn, Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China

Vietnam, Quang Nam province, near Hoi An, paddy cultivation

Sun beams over the mountains surrounding the rice terraces at Tu Le, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam, South-East Asia

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, a woman from a local ethnic minority famous for their very long hair at Long Ji rice terraces with Tiantou village in the background

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, a woman from a local ethnic minority famous for their very long hair at Long Ji rice terraces with Tiantou village in the background

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, a woman from a local ethnic minority famous for their very long hair at Long Ji rice terraces with Tiantou village in the background

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, Long Ji rice terrace filled with water in the morning with Tiantou village in the background

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, Long Ji rice terrace filled with water in the morning with Tiantou village in the background

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, Long Ji rice terrace filled with water in the morning with Tiantou village in the background

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, Long Ji rice terrace filled with water in the morning with Tiantou village in the background

Zhejiang province, East China, farmer working in rice paddy with oxen.

Sidemen valley, Rendang, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Paddy fields with Gunung Agung (Mt Agung) volcano at sunrise.

Sidemen valley, Rendang, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Paddy fields with Gunung Agung (Mt Agung) volcano at sunrise.

Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia. A Balinese wearing a typical conic hat working on the paddy fields at the Tegalalang Rice Terrace.

Laos, Sekong Province, sekong, charity for buddhist monks

Vietnam, Sapa. Red Dao woman on rice paddies at sunrise (MR)

Sake bottles in a sake brewery, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Asia, South East Asia, Philippines, Cordilleras, Banaue; Batad, Zoe Logos church in the UNESCO World heritage listed Ifugao rice terraces of the Philippine cordilleras

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Ceking Rice Terraces

Indonesia, Bali, Jatiluwih Rice Terraces

Indonesia, Bali, Redang, View of Rice Terraces and Gunung Agung Volcano

Indonesia, Bali, Redang, View of Rice Terraces and Gunung Agung Volcano

Indonesia, Bali, Redang, View of Rice Terraces and Gunung Agung Volcano

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, Tegallalang/Ceking Rice Terraces

Caucasian male rappeling in Yangshuo, China.

Paddy fields & volcanos at Sidemen, Bali, Indonesia

Rice fields, Bali, Indonesia

Rice Fields, Central Bali, Indonesia

France, Occitanie, Gard, Petite Camargue, Saint-Gilles, Canard des Rizieres, organic Camargue rice (organic red wholemeal organic rice)

Millions of grains of rice are laid out to dry at a mill as workers brush them with leaves in the hot sun, Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Paddy field, Bogura, Bangladesh

Children weave in and out of scores of giant cones as they roll bike tyres around a rice processing plant, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.

Millions of grains of rice are laid out to dry at a mill as workers brush them with leaves in the hot sun, Bogura, Bangladesh

Millions of grains of rice are laid out to dry at a mill as workers brush them with leaves in the hot sun, Bogura, Bangladesh

Southeast Madagascar near Kianjavato village, showing a lone figure in terraced rice paddies surrounded by rainforest and traveller's palms.

Ladies of the Yao minority in the field, the Dragon's Backbone, Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng, Guangxi Province, China,

Ladies of the Yao minority in the field, the Dragon's Backbone, Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng, Guangxi Province, China,

Kenya, Laikipia County, Il Ngwesi village, two little girls share some rice.

Bamboo bridge over paddy fields, Pai, Mae Hong Son province, Northern Thailand, Thailand

Monks at Su Tong Pae Bridge, Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand, Thailand

Monks at Su Tong Pae Bridge, Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand, Thailand

Monks at Su Tong Pae Bridge, Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand, Thailand

Japan, Honshu, Nagano prefecture, Kiso valley, Nakasendo old post town of Magome aerial view of rice terraces

Traditional houses of Ogimachi (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Shirakawa-go, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Traditional houses of Ogimachi (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Shirakawa-go, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Vietnam, Ha Giang, Hoang Su Phi, a La Chi erthnic group village among rice fields in terrace

Vietnam, Ha Giang, Hoang Su Phi

Madagascar, region of Menabe, massif of Bemaraha, woman collecting rice on the banks of Tsiribihina river

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, girl under a pergola in the rice fields

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud, girl under a pergola in the rice fields

Farmers working on a rice field near Kengtung, Kengtung Township, Kengtung District, Shan State, Myanmar

Bada rice terraces in yuanyang rice terraces area, Yunnan, Southern China, China

Bada rice terraces in yuanyang rice terraces area, Yunnan, Southern China, China

Aerial View of Sunset over Rice Fields near Sidemen, Bali, Indonesia

Aerial View of Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Aerial View of Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Aerial View of Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Tegalalang Rice Terraces near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Po Valley, Lombardy, Italy. Sunset on a rice field in Lomellina.

Vietnam, Bac Ha district, terrace rice fields

Vietnam, province of Lang Son, Bac Son valley

Vietnam, Quang Nam province, near Hoi An, paddy cultivation

Vietnam, Quang Nam province, near Hoi An, paddy cultivation

Philippines, Luzon, Albay Province, Tabaco, Mayon Volcano

Philippines, Luzon, Albay Province, Tabaco, Mayon Volcano

Philippines, Ifugao province, Banaue rice terraces around the village of Batad, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces

Philippines, Ifugao province, Banaue rice terraces around the village of Cambulo, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO

Philippines, Ifugao province, Banaue rice terraces around the village of Batad, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces

Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Kampot, rural scene with rice paddies and small farms