March 3, 2015

The bird dung (guano)


Harvesting Guano
Thousands of Guanay Cormorant birds fly over and nest on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 10, 2011. Ballestas, as with other 21 islands along the Peruvian coast, are home of nearly 4 million migratory birds as guanays, boobies and pelicans which excrement make up the world's finest natural fertilizer. The bird dung, also known as guano, reached its greatest economic importance in the 19th century as a coveted resource, being exported to United States, England and France. Now, Peru hopes to benefit mostly small farmers with an annual production of 20 thousand tons, destined to boost organic agriculture, according to Agrorural, the Rural Agrarian Productive Development Program. Picture taken October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Boobies nest on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 9, 2011. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers scrap stones to collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers scrape stones to collect bird dung early morning on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 10, 2011. Picture taken October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker scrapes stones to collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 10, 2011. Picture taken October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers scrape stones to collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 9, 2011. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker passes a bag full of guano to another fellow worker to be processed on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 9, 2011. Ballestas, as other 21 islands along the Peruvian coast, are home of nearly 4 million migratory birds as guanays, boobies and pelicans which excrement make up the world's finest natural fertilizer. The bird dung, also known as guano, reached its greatest economic importance in the XIX century as a coveted resource, being exported to United States, England and France. Nowadays Peru hopes to benefit mostly small farmers with an annual production of 20 thousand tons, destined to boost organic agriculture, according to Agrorural, the Rural Agrarian Productive Development Program. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker throws an empty bag while processing guano on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker collects bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares(PERU - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS AGRICULTURE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Harvesting Guano
Workers collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers process bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker pushes a wheelbarrow to collect bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 11, 2011. Picture taken October 11, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers process bird dung on the Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker collects bird dung on Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker (C) walks in front of Guanay Cormorant birds on Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 9, 2011. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers run as they carry bags of bird dung on Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 9, 2011. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
Workers collect bird dung on a field in Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 8, 2011. Picture taken October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker walks among bags full of bird dung on Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 10, 2011. Picture taken October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker takes a rest while processing bird dung on Ballestas island, south of Lima October 9, 2011. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker takes a rest from bird dung processing on Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 11, 2011. . Picture taken October 11, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Harvesting Guano
A worker throws bird dung to be processed on Ballestas island, south of Lima, October 9, 2011. Picture taken October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

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