ItalyOil painting Portrait of Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 1948-1953. FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.

RwandaKiseny region in northeastern Rwanda. Slow-forming terraces and crop diversification including maize, banana and vegetable cropping. Note coffe bushes in foreground. - -

PeruScene at a child care clinic. - -

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Farm goods on sale at a street market in Uncia - a mining town at an altitude of 3500 metres in Northern Potosi. - -

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)A field of harvested wheat at 3.500 metres altitude. - -

HondurasPotatoes on sale in a Potosi city street (altitude 4000 metres). - -

RwandaBiumba region in Northern Rwanda. View of slow-forming terraces with scattered rural housing. Note potato cultivation and traditional family banana groves. - -

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Rearing llamas on natural pasture at an altitude of 4000 metres. - -

PeruPuno womenÂ?cooperative at Lake Titicaca, 3900 m. above sea level. Members preparing concentrated feed for trout that are being bred in the lake. - -

PeruWomen's association for community protection and security, and defence of women's right (ronderos). - -

PeruTrout breeding is carried out by members of Puno womenÂ?cooperative at Lake Titicaca, 3900 m. above sea level. - -

PeruPuno womenÂ?cooperative at Lake Titicaca, 3900 m. above sea level. Members preparing concentrated feed for trout that are being bred in the lake. - -

PeruWomen planting eucalyptus. - -

PeruWoman having medical check-up at rural health centre. - -

PeruCajamarca peasant woman selling coriander (culantro) in the market. The leaves are used in the preparation of typical dishes. - -

PeruWoman milking cow. - -

PeruWomen farmers sowing potato seeds. - -

PeruRural people gathering wood. - -

PeruCloseup of Cajamarca peasant woman selling her goods in the market. - -

PeruWomen shearing sheep. - -

PeruWomen farmers applying fetilizer to a field of freshly sown potato seeds. - -

PeruThe cultivation of potatoes is well developed and of prime importance in this zone. The utilization of storage cribs with diffused light is the best method of prolonging their conservation period and...

PeruWorkers building a storehouse of adobe bricks to store potatoes. - -

PeruMaize cultivation. - -

PeruWoman tending sheep while spinning wool. - -

PeruWomen farm workers cultivating lettuce and other vegetables in a garden.

PeruRebuilding traditional terraces as part of soil conservation programme. - -

PeruMembres of a women's cooperative dyeing sheep. - -

PeruPeasants weeding a field of potatoes. - -

PeruWoman tending sheep while spinning wool. - -

PeruCassava growing in the coastal region. - -

PeruMaking traditional pottery. - -

PeruWomen turning the ground between rows of potatoes. - -

PeruRural women attending a literacy class. - -

PeruMen and women preparing land for terraces as part of a soil conservation programme. - -

PeruCloseup of worm culture. Worms are used to improve soil quality. - -

PeruWomen raising alpaca. - -

PeruMan and woman sorting potatoes. - -

PeruWomen attending a class in health education at rural health centre. - -

PeruGuinea pigs. - - In Andean villages people are raising Guinea pigs. The Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) is a rodent which was domesticated by the ancient Incas of Peru - long before the arrival of the co...

PeruFarm workers restoring traditional terraces. - -

PeruPloughing. - -

PeruA class in health education at rural health centre. - -

PeruGuinea pigs. - - People are raising Guinea pigs in Andean villages. The Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) is a rodent which was domesticated by the ancient Incas of Peru - long before the arrival of the co...

PeruForest nursery. - -

PeruWomen workers tending tree seedlings in a forest nursery which is part of the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/Netherlands project. - -

PeruWomen engaged in milking operations. - -

PeruYoung peasant girl selling bundles of firewood in the market. - -

PeruPloughing. - -

NicaraguaYoung farmers weeding cabbages. - - General: General.

NicaraguaTemporary housing for victims of Hurricane Mitch. - - General: General.

NicaraguaFlooding and damage caused by Hurricane Mitch.

NicaraguaPortrait of woman and child. - - General: General.

ItalyOil painting Portrait of Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 1948-1953. FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.