Photos below by Alison Weisskopf.

Upland rice field in Laos. Cucurbit crop in foreground.

Harvesting upland rice by hand-stripping.

Lao farmer with dibble-stick, used for planting upland rice.

Threshing dried rice sheaves.

Rice processing: winnowing by fanning.

Mechanized dehusking by a food peddle, dehusking machine.

Traditional manual dehusking, using a wooden mortar and pestle.

The Early Rice Project survey team in Laos (L to R): Alison Weisskopf, 'Tito' (NAFRI, the National Agricultural Dept. of Laos), Chaki Muto (rice geneticist and ethnobotanist, from Kyoto, Japan), (local farmer)