Traditional Ox-Plowing in Rural Rice Farming - Sustainable Agriculture Practice #2198612 (License: Personal Use)

The image captures a rural farmer in a straw hat and red scarf guiding two light-colored zebu oxen yoked together with a wooden beam, tilling a waterlogged rice paddy. Mud splashes around their hooves as the plow cuts through the saturated soil, with lush green vegetation and trees forming a natural backdrop under a cloudy sky. This scene reflects centuries-old agrarian practices still relied upon in regions where mechanization is limited or uneconomical.

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