Villager tending her vegetable garden in Ban Phoumaneng, Lao PDR Landscape of dry season irrigated ricefields used by villagers from Ban Phoumakneng, Lao PDR Irrigation system to provide water for the dry season in Ban Phoumakneng, Lao PDR Irrigation system to provide water for the dry season in Ban Phoumakneng, Lao PDR Villager tending her vegetable garden close to Nam Hai river, Lao PDR Villager tending her vegetable garden in Ban Phoumaneng, Lao PDR Hmong ethnic girl uses a household water source, Ban Sopphouan, Lao PDR Farmer uses water pumped from a water hole for irrgation, Lao PDR Old woman grows long beans for trading in the local market in Phonthan Village, Lao PDR Older woman growing long beans for trading in the local market in Phonthan Village, Lao PDR A group of families manages a fish pond in Ekxang village, Lao PDR Mrs. Lai (25) is getting just slighlty enough water for the year from a pond in Nongkhon Village, Lao PDR Mrs. San (23) using a water pump to get water for her crops (Vientiane Province, Lao PDR) Mrs. lae (35) grows lettuce, long beans and corn for household consumption in Pakkayung Village, Lao PDR Mrs. Vannaphone (34) watering corn with water from Nam Ngum, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR