Taking a handful home for the piglets

NaomiQYTL
recent  |  interesting  |  random  |  favorites  |  contacts  |  sets  |  tags:  
Taking a handful home for the piglets
Taking a handful home for the piglets

In order to raise funds for CCAF (the Cambodian Children's Advocacy Fund), Rith, CEO of CCAF, has started raising pigs and growing water morning glory (Ipomoea aquatica, also known as water spinach, water convolvulus, Ong-Choy, Kang-kung, and swamp cabbage) on a piece of land borrowed from a relative.

The land itself is not fertile, so Rith has bought good soil in which to plant the vegetable.

What you can see here is the farm in its infancy - the idea is for the whole hectare of land to be planted with the vegetable, which can be sold at market as well as fed to the pigs.

Rith explained that, if you can raise 30 piglets to adult size, you can earn up to US$400 in three months. Unfortunately, however, piglets are difficult to raise, and during the first few weeks Rith had already lost many piglets to disease.

For more information and contact details, please see www.ccaf-khmer.org/.

© All Rights Reserved
Taken on: October 14, 2011
Tags: Everybody's photos tagged with CCAF CCAF Everybody's photos tagged with Cambodia Cambodia Everybody's photos tagged with NGO NGO more » Everybody's photos tagged with rural rural Everybody's photos tagged with farm farm Everybody's photos tagged with morning glory morning glory Everybody's photos tagged with water convolvulus water convolvulus « less
Sets appears in:   • CCAF Farm   
Camera: Nikon D3000, f/29.0, 1/125 sec, 30mm (=45mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D3000
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Aperture: f/29.0
Exposure Time: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length: 30mm (35mm equivalent: 45mm)
ISO: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: QuickTime 7.6.6
Show full info
Stats: 225 views