PERUCOMMUNITY FORESTRYAND AFFORESTATION: Peru?, August 1985 The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, most of it indiscriminately cut by 5 miilion rural poor who need fuelwood and h...

INDIAMARICULTURE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION, Cochin, India, March 1987 To help Indian fisherfolk earn more income, a mariculture or "sea farming? centre for advanced studies has been established at the Cent...

INDIA1987 India - A tree plantation irrigated by filtered sewage water.

IndiaA scientist monitors the growth of a cutting in the culture laboratory where tomatoes, maize, potatoes, beans and many types of mustard seeds (Brassicas) are propagated. - - Plant Biotechnology. Bio...

IndiaWomen trainees from the Farm Science Centre practice collecting prawn seeds in the backwaters of the Arabian Sea on Vypeen Island near Cochin. They will sort the seeds for selective stocking of local...

IndiaMariculture students prepare a white prawn for an experiment in the Institute's "wet lab" where physiology and nutritional experiments are conducted. White prawns are favoured for commercial farming....

IndiaWomen farmers check on common carp fry that they are raising in a village pond. They are participating in the Institute's Farm Science Centre "Learn-by-Doing" Programme to raise fish for extra income...

IndiaMariculture students remark on algae being cultured to feed young oysters raised in the Institute's "wet lab" where physiology and nutritional experiments are conducted. - - Mariculture Research and P...

IndiaAn Institute worker holds a prize hybrid developed from a female Common Chinese carp and a male Indian Rohu-Common carp cross. The hybrid is fleshier and sterile, therefore avoiding overcrowding probl...

IndiaA demonstration at the Institute of sprinkler irrigation for a winter wheat crop. Sprinklers are efficient, water-saving, and especially good for close-growing crops planted in hilly or sandy areas wh...

IndiaA worker checks on post-larvae of Common Chinese carp being raised in cloth containers in a nursery pond at the Institute. - - Inland Aquaculture Research. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

IndiaA woman farmer laboriously bundles a bountiful winter wheat crop by hand. Wheat is the staple crop of Northern India and production has considerably increased with the introduction of high-yielding va...

IndiaThe Institute vineyard where major research has released several successful hybrid grape varieties for higher yield, disease resistance, good quality, attractive colour, and low-cost production. Grape...

IndiaWorkers harvest carp raised in the main stock pond. The Institute is raising Indian carp: Catla, Rohu and Mrigal; and Chinese carp: Silver, Grass and Common. - - Inland Aquaculture Research. The Food...

IndiaA worker throws formulated feed balls to brood stock of Indian Catla, Rohu and Mrigal carp and Chinese Common, Silver and Grass carp, raised in an Institute rearing pond maintained by an FAO-provided...

IndiaBreeders selectively pollinate an experimental crop of hybrid onions growing in FAO-provided breeding cages. Several successful varieties providing higher yields and longer storage duration have been...

IndiaCommon or "sacred" Langur monkeys roam safely in the Rajaji Sanctuary. They are the most commonly seen wild mammal in India and usually found in large troops in forests. Langurs are associated with th...

IndiaWorkers sample two-year-old brood stock from an Institute rearing pond. The hybrids, from various combinations of Indian Catla, Rohu, and Mrigal carp and Chinese Common Silver and Grass carp, are rais...

IndiaA scientist checks a papaya orchard undergoing nutrition and population density studies. The Centre has successfully incorporated resistance to mosaic virus into the commercially cultivated species, C...

IndiaCommon or "sacred" Langur monkeys roam safely in the Rajaji Sanctuary. They are the most commonly seen wild mammal in India and usually found in large troops in forests. Langurs are associated with th...

IndiaFarmers net out Indian Catla carp from thier village pond for treatment of an ulcerative disease. They sought the help of Institute scientists, waiting on the bank with medicine, when their pond was f...

IndiaA scientist checks new hybrids in the orchid laboratory raised by tissue culture with FAO-provided facilities. Several promising hybrids have been developed and are being multiplied. Anthurium around...

IndiaA prize, one-eyed female tiger prawn raised at the prawn hatchery field laboratory on Vypeen Island near Cochin. By removing an eyestalk, the Institute has induced breeding of crustaceans, not possibl...

PeruLogs recently felled for timber. Hillside has been recently replanted following a forest fire. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, m...

PeruWorkers in one of the 11 FAO assisted community forest nurseries near Huarez tending Molle, a drought-resistant native tree that grows well in poor soil and arid climates. Molle is one of several nati...

EcuadorWomen farmers admire the bigger potatoes grown by an FAO extensionist in a demonstration plot beside their poor crop planted by traditional, input methods. - - General: General. The UN Food and Agricu...

EcuadorAn Ecuadorian boy uses animal traction to help plough his field. - - General: General. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is helping the Government of Ecuador plan, formulate and execute a wide...

PeruElementary school children weed lettuce plants and learn to care for their vegetable garden, as their teacher looks on. - - General: General.