058 People planting manioc

Item

Title

058 People planting manioc

Description

Sweet manioc (also called cassava; Manihot utilissima) is a plant originally from South America that produces large edible tubers. It grows abundantly even in poor soil and therefore is often included in the swiddens of Malayan Aboriginal farmers. Here a woman digs shallow holes, while two youngsters cut foot-long sections of manioc stems, which they will place at an angle in the holes and partially cover with earth. New plants will sprout from the stem cuttings and produce edible tubers in as little as six months.

Coverage

Malaysia

Creator

Endicott, Kirk M.

Date

1976

Format

JPG

Identifier

https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/12889

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Type

Stillimage

Provenance

Keene State College

Item sets

Kirk Endicott Collection

Site pages

Kirk & Karen Endicott Collection

Media

58.jpg