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This is a photo of (left to right ):a group of unidentified children and men posing with MCC extensionist Shayam Chakraborty and Mokbul Ahmed, "almost" subsistence farmer, in front of Ahmed's vegetable field.

This is a photo of Somali workers at an experimental farmer near Garissa, Kenya, setting up siphons for individual garden plots. In the background Eric Kurtz, son of MCC worker Maynard Kurtz, watches. MCC workers Thad McGinnis and Jeannie McGinnis are encouraging local farmers to grow new vegetable crops.

This is a photo of two women and four men in a row, working the soil, possibly planting, with short-handled hoes. Agriculture and food production are strong themes of a new MCC film, "Africa Voices".

This is a photo of MCC worker Tim Gamber demonstrating farming practices to Nigerian agents. They are in a cleared area among trees.

This is a photo of MCCer Dan Maxwell and a Tanzanian among some cows in a fenced in area. They are working with dairy development in Tanzania.

This is a photo of Somali farmers and MCCer Barry Rands, front right, checking progress on a corn crop in an MCC rural development project. Such crops were totally destroyed in April flooding.

This is a photo of a Nigerian farmer trying out the "strad", an innovative tool designed to weed and cultivate. It is pulled by two oxen. MCC agriculturist Tim Gamber demonstrates the tool to local farmers.

This is a photo of a Kenyan farmer upturning soil for a new crop using a hand tool. Much of the country's best farmland is now planted in cash crops, and Kenya, once a grain exporter, must now import large quantities.

This is a photo of Dallas Steiner fumigating fruit trees. There are four children with him.

This is a photo of MCC Bangladesh agricultural coordinator Siraj Uddowla explaining soybean cultivation to a farmer, while MCCer Duane Auch of Lesterville, S. D., looks on.

This is a photo of a Brazilian girl learning better cultivation methods in an MCC-taught class. The new MCC filmstrip emphasizes that if the status of women in Third Word countries is to improve, young girls must be taught such curricula as agriculture, nutrition,health and industrial technology.

This is a photo of MCCer Richard Olfert and some Ugandan farmers in a field at Christian Rural Service Experimental Farm. He is demonstrating how to space maize seeds to insure maximum productivity.

This is a photo of a newly installed "gobar" gas plant by a corn field.

This is a photo of (left to right): Benedicto Quinones, a Bolivian who is very active in helping to promote animal traction, and Roger Hooley, MCC agriculturalist. They are wearing "traccion animal" hats.

This is a photo of Alan Landis, MCC volunteer, and a Zairean working in a field with two bulls yoked together.