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  • The ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, once a thriving city.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071008_19039-2.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.<br />
<br />
At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071005_17659.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    MM6977_071020_24250.jpg
  • At the Dead City of Baqerha in the mountains outside of Aleppo.  Properous in Byzantine times and until the 9th or 10th centuries, the Dead Cities fell prey to environmental destruction, first earthquakes, then soil erosion that destroyed any hope of prosperity and full repopulation.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the background can be seen the Dead City of Dargeeta.
    MM6977_071007_18787.jpg
  • Soils in Syria. Villages in the Khanasser Valley where the soil is poor and there is little water.
    MM6977_071006_18476.jpg
  • Farming in the Euphrates valley of Syria, the birthplace of agriculture some 10,000 years ago.  Growing and harvesting sesame.
    MM6977_071010_20320.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.<br />
At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071005_17261.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of chinaHeavy soil erosion of the Loess Plateau in the Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. Zhang Yulan farms with her husband in the village of Yin Jai Yan in the county of Liu Quian He county, Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province.
    MM6977_071020_23799.jpg
  • The ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, once a thriving city with rich agriculture and rich soil.
    MM6977_071008_19039.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.<br />
<br />
At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo.
    MM6977_071005_17659.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_18040.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of chinaHeavy soil erosion of the Loess Plateau in the Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. Zhang Yulan farms with her husband in the village of Yin Jai Yan in the county of Liu Quian He county, Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province.
    MM6977_071020_23799.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo. Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_17659-Edit.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_21402.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_20874.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China  Wang Chun Jun harvesting potatoes high on the hills above Miao Jia Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.
    MM6977_071020_26826.jpg
  • The ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, once a thriving city.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071008_19039.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. <br />
Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_17645.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China.  Fo Tang Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.  The propaganda moto on a terrace read "Plant a thousand mu (Chinese acres) of date trees for a thousand years of prosperity."
    MM6977_071020_27188.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_21594.jpg
  • Farmers near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County harvest rice from their terraces to make a meager living.
    MM6977_071020_22337.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    MM6977_071020_24250.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_18055.jpg
  • Farmers in the Baoshanzhai area of  Yuanyang County, harvest the rice from their terraces, threshing the grain as they go along.  Yunan Province, China.Zhu Minying farms with her family in Yuanyang County, growing rice on the terraced fields in the Baoshanzhai area.
    MM6977_071020_22677.jpg
  • Soil profile of Mediterranian soil at ICARDA on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071009_20155.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo. Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_17659-Edit.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China. Yan Feng Qing in the village of Jiang Xing Zhuang harvesting millet using scissors to cut the heads off the plants.
    MM6977_071020_26010.jpg
  • Woman carrying food to workers in the fields near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County as they harvest rice.
    MM6977_071020_22337.jpg
  • Farming in the Euphrates valley of Syria, the birthplace of agriculture some 10,000 years ago.  Growing and harvesting sesame.<br />
<br />
Harvesting sesame at Dwerat village was Sawsan Khalawi
    MM6977_071010_20467.jpg
  • Rice terraces near Mengpin in Yuanyang county of Yunnan Province, China.  Farmers harvest the rice, the clean up the terraces, scraping the grass and weed from the terraces and repairing the raised banks that hold the water in, preparing the fields for the next crop.
    MM6977_071016_23210.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_20938.jpg
  • At the Dead City of Baqerha in the mountains outside of Aleppo.  Properous in Byzantine times and until the 9th or 10th centuries, the Dead Cities fell prey to environmental destruction, first earthquakes, then soil erosion that destroyed any hope of prosperity and full repopulation.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org<br />
<br />
<br />
In the background can be seen the Dead City of Dargeeta.
    MM6977_071007_18787.jpg
  • Farmers in the Baoshanzhai area of  Yuanyang County, harvest the rice from their terraces, threshing the grain as they go along.  Yunan Province, China.Zhu Minying farms with her family in Yuanyang County, growing rice on the terraced fields in the Baoshanzhai area.
    MM6977_071020_22675.jpg
  • Soils in Syria. Villages in the Khanasser Valley where the soil is poor and there is little water.
    MM6977_071006_18476.jpg
  • Soil profile of Mediterranian soil at ICARDA on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071009_20155.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China  Wang Chun Jun harvesting potatoes high on the hills above Miao Jia Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.
    MM6977_071020_26826-2.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_20938.jpg
  • Farmer near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County harvest rice from their terraces to make a meager living.
    MM6977_071020_22391.jpg
  • Farmers near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County harvest rice from their terraces to make a meager living.
    MM6977_071020_22391.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China.  Fo Tang Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.  The propaganda moto on a terrace read "Plant a thousand mu (Chinese acres) of date trees for a thousand years of prosperity."
    MM6977_071020_27188.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    Loess_Panorama1.jpg
  • Woman and her duck near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, China.
    MM6977_071020_22391.jpg
  • The Autumn Corn Festival in Haxtun, Colorado celebrates the areas agriculture by naming Crop Kings.  This year, for the third year in a row, the Irrigated Corn King was Mark Gueck  He rode in the parade down main street with the other crop kings on a Soil Conservation Service float.  Here he is seen before the parade on the local Coop elevator float put together by a friend.
    Ogallala-20200421-0059.jpg
  • Sumac leaves turning brown in the fall on the Tallgrass Prairie Natural Preserve north of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
    MM7469_060928_10182.jpg
  • Leaves frosted by the first freeze of autumn at the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area near Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_061020_11233.jpg
  • Dew covers the grasses in a meadow in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
    MM7469_060913_08961.jpg