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"Power Barge Talks: Public Utilities and Transport, Minister Pearnel Charles [third left] with a team from his Ministry and the JPSCO, met with a group of US Army Corp representatives last week to discuss the possibility of Jamaica receiving a load…

Peasant farmers beside a pile of sugarcane feeding the cane into a small mill that is being turned by a cattle. Sugarcane plants and a thatched hut are in the background.

An African woman balancing a small circular basket on her head and carrying a walking stick.

"Peasants carry manure to the field in Tunchang County, Kwangtug Province."

"Peasants of a people's commune in Pingku county on the outskirts of Peking deliver tax in kind and sell surplus grain to the state. They have just reaped a good summer harvest."

Women dressed in long dresses, head-ties, some with baskets on their heads, pose for a photograph while on their way to the market. They are travelling with a donkey that has a straw basket attached to its sides.

Two peasant women with load on their heads and accompanied by a boy and a donkey carrying a hamper, are walking along the Rockfort Road, St. Andrew, Jamaica on their way to the market.

"Peasy cake - made with cooked mashed African peas. This is a new way of using peas. It does add a difference."

Pedestrians crossing between Half Way Tree Road and Hope Road near the National Commercial Bank (NCB).

Students and other pedestrians crossing a busy street in the vicinity of the Kingston Parish Church.