Bundles of vermicelli rice noodles sit on display at a Chinese New Year food exhibition.

Rice with chicken prepared at the Mesur Karakoy Pilavcisi restaurant.

Turkish chef Maksut Askar (L) at Mesur Karakoy Pilavcisi, one of his favourite spots for rice with chicken.

Chickpeas and rice displayed at Mesur Karakoy Pilavcisi restaurant.

Turkish chef Maksut Askar (L) at Mesur Karakoy Pilavcisi, one of his favourite spots for rice with chicken.

Baling up rice stalks to use as animal feed during the rice harvest in Lakminya Parsahi village.

Rukiya baling up rice stalks to use as animal feed.

Women and children baling up rice stalks to use as animal feed during the rice harvest in Lakminya Parsahi village.

Manding Kassama, a farmer in the village of Kerewan, where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The pheno...

An aerial view of the crops around the village of Kerewan where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The...

Farmers harvesting rice in the village of Kerewan where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The phenomen...

Farmers harvesting rice in the village of Kerewan where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The phenomen...

Almamo Fatty, a farmer in the village of Kerewan, where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The phenomen...

Binta Fatty, a farmer in the village of Kerewan, where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The phenomeno...

An aerial view of the crops around the village of Kerewan where rice farmers are losing their main source of income as soil salinity increases each year to the point that rice can no longer grow. The...