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    • Farm Production

    • Farm Production

    • Agriculture

    • This Volunteer (left) is shown talking with a farmer. Jim teaches better production methods in tobacco and cotton in Paraguay.
    • Agency Photos
    • Farm Production

    • Farm Production

    • Agriculture

    • This Volunteer is shown in front of his house at Chel Ouiedo, Paraguay. He teaches better production methods in tobacco and cotton in Paraguay.
    • Agency Photos
    • Weed Control Research Project

    • Weed Control Research Project

    • Agriculture

    • This Volunteer works in a weed control research project at the Ministry of Agriculture in Paraguay. Here, she is shown in the entomology laboratory examining live beetles that cause much of the damage to the crops.
    • Agency Photos
    • Soil Analysis

    • Soil Analysis

    • Agriculture

    • This Volunteer does research at a soil analysis lab at the Institute of Agronomico National at Caacupe. He also does routine analysis of soil samples. Here, he observes the growth response of cotton to fertilization.
    • Agency Photos
    • Production Training

    • Production Training

    • Agriculture

    • This Volunteer is shown at entrance to the tobacco warehouse (dark jacket) with tobacco growers and neighbors.He teaches better production methods in tobacco and cotton in Paraguay.
    • Agency Photos
    • Ant Control Project

    • Ant Control Project

    • Agriculture

    • This Volunteer is assigned to an Ant Control Project in Paraguay. Here he is shown (with beard) studying ant activity at ant hill with Americo Aranda, a Paraguayan technical assistant for the Instituto de Ciencias Bosicas, in Paraguay. These ants...
    • Agency Photos
    • Tools of Sustainable Agriculture

    • Tools of Sustainable Agriculture

    • Agriculture

    • On November 15th, 2007, I took this photo in my site of the president of the San Isidro farmers' committee, proudly displaying his committee's tools for no-till agriculture: a direct seeder ("sembradora") and roller crimper ("rollo cuchillo") for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Squash Stand

    • Squash Stand

    • Agriculture; Markets

    • I took this photo on February 23rd, 2008 at a roadside farm stand in Paraguay. My wife was joking with the local boy in Guarani about which one is the tastiest.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sugarcane Oxcart

    • Sugarcane Oxcart

    • Agriculture; Youth; Transportation; Rural sites

    • This photo from August 24th, 2007 was taken in my site of Ruta'i, Torin, Caaguazu in Paraguay. It is of a boy loading an oxcart with sugarcane that will be used to feed other animals.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My friend Sophia

    • My friend Sophia

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo taken during training in Paraguay. Sophia is related to my training family and lives next door. Many times Sophia would come and visit me while I was studying and go through my pictures from home. After many times of looking through...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Food and meals; Host community; Host community friends

    • This photo taken on August 27th, 2006 shows my wife and I engaged in the classic Paraguayan ritual with our favorite progressive farmer in our site in Paraguay. Sharing the indigenous green tea, yerba mate, with a communal cup is the universal way...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Banana-powered Bicycles

    • Banana-powered Bicycles

    • Host community; Transportation; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken August 25th, 2007 along the Pan-American Highway near my site in Paraugay. It shows my wife and I joking with Paraguayans about how we get around on banana-powered bicycles.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rio Paraguay

    • Rio Paraguay

    • Terrain; Rural sites; Transportation

    • I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 in Alto Paraguay. The Rio Paraguay is an active lifeline for the people of the region, but it was a picture of serenity at this moment.
    • Volunteer Photos

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