Porters using a small boat to unload sacks of wheat from cargo ships in the natural port of ElÕMahaan, 30 km north of Mogadishu. Since the old sea port in the city was destroyed by fighting, this beac...

Farmer holding a handful of wheat.

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of the Meseta Central. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of g...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields around Zaragoza. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of green a...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of Teruel. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of green and bro...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of Teruel. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of green and bro...

Uighur farmer winnowing harvested wheat at a small oasis in the middle of the Taklamakan desert near Hetian.

Uighur farmer winnowing harvested wheat at a small oasis in the middle of the Taklamakan desert near Hetian.

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of the Meseta Central. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of g...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields around Zaragoza. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of green a...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of Teruel. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of green and bro...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of the Meseta Central. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of g...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of the Meseta Central. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of g...

The painterly, pastoral landscape of the fields of the Meseta Central. The demands of the terrain and the choice of crops (predominantly grains such as wheat, barley and rye) create great swathes of g...

Indigenous farmers cultivate their land on a hillside in the early morning. They grow mainly maize, wheat and potatoes. Tapala is situated in a mountainous region which can be reached via a river be...

Female Jewish settlers harvest wheat in the Jewish outpost of Chavat Gilad near Nablus. The settlers who have been evicted once already from Chavat Gilad are due to be evicted once again when Israel f...

Bedouin Sheikh El-Turi holds two bunches of wheat, one withered the other fresh and green. The wheat fields of the El-Turi family, located south of the Bedouin city of Rahat, were sprayed with toxic...

Men queueing up for food distribution. They receive a bag of wheat flour, a blanket and some soap.

Women waiting for food distribution from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). They receive a bag of wheat flour, a blanket and some soap. Despite the fall of the Taliban, most still prefer to wear the burq...

A desperate farmer, Muhammad Hussein, in the village of Dir Fekar, with a handful of immature wheat.

Famine. Workers carrying bags of American wheat from the United Nations WFP (World Food Programme) from the store to the distribution site at an open space outside Sirer village where people from the...

A Mujahedin fighter spends the winter on his family farm, ploughing land for wheat.

Family harvesting wheat, near Varanasi.

Wheat aid from Tajikistan arrives in Zaat Kamaar. The local population are just beginning to return to their village, which had been the Northern Alliance front line until the Taliban forces fled 12 d...

Wheat aid from Tajikistan arrives in Zaat Kamaar. The local population are just beginning to return to their village, which had been the Northern Alliance front line until the Taliban forces fled 12 d...

A Northern Alliance soldier beats a crowd of civilians with his rifle as they swarm around a UN World Food Programme truck distributing wheat in central Kabul.

Afghan women crowd around a UN World Food Programme truck carrying wheat at an officially-designated food distribution point in central Kabul.

Demonstration garden at the Agricultural University of Wajeningen. Each block is a different wheat or grass.

Harvesting wheat in the village of Goma.

Women carrying bundles of wheat during the harvest.

Famine. Local policeman with gun on guard at a distribution site in Sirer village where American wheat from the United Nations WFP (World Food Programme) is being handed out. Many people have left the...

Famine. Mother and children waiting at a distribution site in Sirer village where American wheat from the United Nations WFP (World Food Programme) is being handed out. Many people have left their far...

Famine. A girl waiting at a distribution site in Sirer village where American wheat from the United Nations WFP (World Food Programme) is being handed out. Many people have left their farms because of...