Farmlands of Kerala

[Vijay Mathew]

Paddy and coconut cultivation in Kuttanad, an area lying below sea level. Farming is done on land reclaimed from a nearby lake.

Pineapple farms, Pathanamthitta district

 

[Maggie Terlecki]

Cool images, Vijay! I especially like the bottom one that has so much fog in it. Very moody. I love images like that! Maggie

 

[Asher Kelman]

It’s very beautiful!

Who owns the land, families or big ago business?

What is the cultural mix here?

Did the Portuguese, Dutch and British colonialists imprint their respective religions effectively?

Asher

 

[Vijay Mathew]

Paddy cultivation is done by individual farmers or their collectives. Large-scale tea, pineapple, coffee plantations are owned by big agro corporations.

 

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Beautiful! Been there actually...