MaliWomen draw water from a well in a small village near Mopti, one of the worst hit regions during recent droughts. Wells provide villagers with water during droughts. - -

IndiaA farmer transplanting rice near Madurai, where rice is the staple crop. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is helping to increase rice yields in Asia by promoting bette...

MaliA woman uses a primitive hoe to weed cabbages in her vegetable garden. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is helping women farmers in Mali to develop vegetable crops dur...

IndiaA farmer winnows rice at Madurai, India, where rice is the staple food crop. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is helping to increase rice yields in Asia by promoting b...

IndiaWomen picking tea on a tea plantation in the Nilgiri Mountains. India is one of the chief tea producers. - - General: General.

IndiaA woman picking tealeaves on a tea plantation in the Nilgiri Mountains. India is one of the chief tea producers. - - General: General.

IndiaA woman drawing drinking water from a village pump in northern India. In the background is a public toilet. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is helping many developing countries t...

IndiaA wooden catamaran, the traditional flimsy fishing craft of southern India has to be untied for drying out at regular intervals. In the background are new motorized fishing boats (IND/25) designed und...

IndiaFarmers returning home with their draft animals after a long day's work in the fields near Madurai. - - General: General.

MaliA boy transplanting rice seedlings of a high-yielding variety in an irrigated field near Mopti, one of the worst hit regions during recent droughts. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

TunisiaWomen carry water home near Kairouan. Summers are hot and dry in Tunisia and year-long water sources are often scarce. In 1986, delegates of 26 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organizatio...

EthiopiaPoor farmers and their families wait to receive emergency supplies at a food distribution camp near Secota. Droughts have severely harmed Ethiopian agricultural several times druing recent years. - -

IndonesiaA worker collecting beans from a split cacao fruit. The beans will then be fermented and dried in the sun before being roasted and ground into chocolate. The enzymes activated by fermentation impart t...

TunisiaA woman near Kairouan harvests wheat by hand, one of the main crops grown in Tunisia. In 1986, delegates of 26 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at...

Burkina FasoWomen grind maize and sorghum at their communal grinding block in a small village near Slimigou. Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world and possesses few natural resources. Several p...

IndonesiaA woman selling fish in a market in Jakarta. Small-scale fisherfolk supply up to 25 percent of the total world food catch and provide more than half of all fish available for human consumption in Asia...

IndonesiaSunset scene of palm trees and beach. Some 70 percent of the population of Indonesia are farmers producing coconuts, rice, cassava, maize and other tropical crops. - - General: General.

TunisiaWaste-water being purified at a waste-water recycling plant at Nabeul. Experiments to grow food crops with the reycled water are also being carried out at the plant. - -

Burkina FasoA woman collects water from a desert well near Kaona. Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world and possesses few natural resources. Several projects by the Food and Agriculture Organiz...

IndonesiaHomeless children sitting on a railway track in the slums of Jakarta. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking to help governments identify policies and programmes...

IndonesiaWinnowing rice on Lombok, one of the Lesser Sunda islands of Indonesia. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has helped increase rice yields in Asia by promoting improved use of...

MoroccoFarmers at Azilal use horses and donkeys to help thresh barley, a major food crop grown in Morocco. In 1986, delegates of 26 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nat...

NepalA woman collects water at a new village pump. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is helping many developing countries get drinking water to their rural communities. - -...

IndonesiaGarbage pollutes a canal running through the rural slum area of Jakarta. The Un Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking to reduce marine pollution and has produced a set of guidelines for g...

IndonesiaA worker applying water sealer between the planks of an improved boat that is being built to assist small-scale fisherfolk on the outer islands of Indonesia increase their fishing capability. The proj...

MoroccoAn elderly Berber woman. About one-third of Morocco?s population are Berbers. - - General: General.

NepalWomen transplant rice growing on terraces. Major crops in Nepal include rice, wheat, maize, oilseeds, potatoes, jute and cotton. - - General: General.

IndonesiaA young worker checks the carp raised in a fish hatchery at Manado, established to help small-scale fisherfolk on the outer islands of Indonesia increase their incomes. The project, assisted by the Fo...

MoroccoWomen are taught how an intrauterine device (IUD) works as part of a family planning class at a health clinic at Settat. In 1986, delegates of 26 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organizat...

NepalA road winds between a few houses and terraces planted with rice in the mountains of Nepal. Means of transportation is still severely limited in remote areas of Nepal. - -

IndonesiaA young worker checking carp fry in a fish hatchery at Manado, established to help small-scale fisherfolk on the outer islands of Indonesia increase their incomes. The project, assisted by the Food an...

EthiopiaFarmers threshing barley with the help of draught horses and cattle. Barley is a very adaptable and a hardy cereal able to withstand the frequent droughts that can devastate Ethiopia. - - General: Gen...

IndonesiaA young worker holding a prize carp that has been raised in a fish hatchery at Manado established to help small-scale fisherfolk of the outer islands of Indonesia increase their incomes. The project,...