Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie
Steve Tavella, a field program officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, speaks with Dadullah, an Afghan farmer, amongst a crop of cucumbers near the village of Haji Nikal, Afghanistan, July 22, 2012. USAID and Army civil affairs teams often conduct impromptu meetings with local farmers to better understand ways to improve agriculturally.