Work

A man hard at work planting rice on a rice paddy in Goa, India. Photo taken outside a temple in January 2005.
It is amazing how the brown fields turn into brilliant green paddy fields, but it does take a lot of work. All day, many days in the mud with bare feet, hoe in hand, must be back breaking.
The green fields do look nice later, but I guess more important than looking nice is that the rice grows again!
On average they get 2 rice harvests a year in Goa.