TUNISIAEXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATION ON THE PRODUCTION OF SELECTED TREE CROPS, FORAGE AND LIVESTOCK. Tunisia, 1970. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in Tunisia is held to be productive, but of th...

INDONESIAMARINE FISHERIES TRAINING, Indonesia, 1974. Although marine fishing is an age-old occupation in Indonesia, modern fisheries development only began to gather momentum in the very recent past throug...

EswatiniRURAL LIFE, Swaziland, 1977. Swaziland is a compact land-locked country with a population estimated at 575,500 in 1974. The nation is a member of FAO. Various UN agencies have assisted in the impr...

United Republic of TanzaniaTANZANIA, August 1966. At Musoma, on the south east shore of Lake Victoria, a training centre for women and girls has been built with funds from the Swedish International Development Authority, as a g...

AFGHANISTANTRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION IN ANIMAL HEALTH AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. Afghanistan 1969 - The Afghanistan Government has undertaken a 5-yearproject to improve the quality and increase production of she...

AFGHANISTANTRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION IN ANIMAL HEALTH AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. Afghanistan 1969 - The Afghanistan Government has undertaken a 5-yearproject to improve the quality and increase production of she...

THAILANDTHAILAND, 1969. An extension worker of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture teaching a farmer how to vaccinate poultry.

ITALYRome, Italy - A general view of the Plenary Hall during a Session of the FAO Conference.

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Following the eagerly awaited arrival in a village in Central Upper Volta of relief supplies in the form of sorghum donated to UN/FAO World Food. Programme by U.SA. the local distr...

AFRICAUpper Volta, June 1973 - French Air Force plane dropping sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving cattle in Norhhern Upper Volta. Each sack contains 60 kilos and the total operation is ai...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Donkeys loaded with sacks of wheat bran which has been distributed to Peul nomads at Tin Akof in northern Upper Volta near the Niger border. Lead caption: Five years of sub...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving animals in drought stricken Upper Volta. The sacks have been flown into the area by two French Air Force planes and are being...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - The typical back~breaking method of "'ploughing" by hand in Upper Volta. These people have never heard of ploughshares and animal traction, but this technique is gradually being in...

AFRICAUpper Volta, June 1973 - French Air Force plane dropping sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving cattle in Norhhern Upper Volta. Each sack contains 60 kilos and the total operation is ai...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Emaciated animal in Northern Upper Volta is a grim indication of the severe drought which has gripped several African countries. Nomads from Mali , one of whom can be seen sitting...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving animals in drought stricken Upper Volta. The sacks have been flown into the area by two French Air Force planes and are being...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcasses of cattle and goats at Christine Wells in northern Upper Volta. Lead caption: Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy to Upper Vol...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - At a central food distribution point in Upper Volta, bags of sorghum donated by the United States through WFP are loaded onto a camel. They will be taken to an outlying village whe...

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - An instructor explains a tractor to a group of trainee extension agents. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development P...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcasses of Mali nomads' cattle lie on the edge of Christine Wells in northern Upper Volta. The animals died after drinking water on empty stomachs following their long trek from...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Dying cattle brought by truck from the north to be sold for their skins and bones. The best price these animals will fetch: approximately $2 each. (A normal cow in good condition w...

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - Peasant woman cooking with precious firewood in her hut. The forests of Ethiopia are being stripped for cooking fuel.

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - An extension agent for soil conservation talking to members of a Peasant's Association. The meeting is to organize tree-planting on communal land that is overgrazed and degraded.

AFRICASwaziland, 1977 - A student projecting a filmstrip, part of the preparation for field work practice. Lead caption: This jointly sponsored project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Emaciated cattle at Dori in northern Upper Volta, which have managed to survive the drought due to an emergency fodder distribution by aircraft. Lead caption: Five years of...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cotton seed being loaded onto a French Air Force plane. The sacks will be "air-dropped" in northern Upper Volta to be used as fodder for starving cattle. Each sack contain...

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - An extension agent showing an instructional filmstrip to farmers. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Pr...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcass of a cow which died in the desert near Dori, in northern Upper Volta. Lead caption: Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy to Upper...

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - Shifting cultivator axing tree for firewood.

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - Workman at the poplar nursery at the Hadjeb-el-Aioun experimental and demonstration irrigated plantation where the growing trees are transforming a dry wasteland into a verdant forest....

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - Tilling the land with a camel-drawn plough. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Programme (Special Fund) with...

Africans from ten countries are studying at the Collge of African Wildlife management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. Frank Poppleton, FAO instructor and trainees duringa...

GREECE??July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Specialist from the Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Branch of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA...

GREECEIn July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Specialist from the Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Branch of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F...

Tanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

Tanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

United Republic of TanzaniaAfricans from ten countries are studying at the Collge of African Wildlife management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. Frank Poppleton, FAO instructor and trainees duringa...

GREECEIn July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Specialist from the Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Branch of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F...

In July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Specialist from the Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Branch of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F...

GREECETanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

Tanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

GREECEIn July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Specialist from the Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Branch of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F...

Tanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

Tanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

GREECEIn July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Specialist from the Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Branch of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - A large East African farming family. Lead caption: The present rapid increase of populations is most apparent in developing countries, many of which have an average population gr...

GREECEPentayici, Greece, 1969 - Miss Bennett discusses primitive wheat varieties with villagers in the town square. Lead caption: In July 1969, Erna Bennett, Genetic Conservation and Information Sp...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - Mothers and children attend a maternity and child-care centre in East Africa where advice is also given on family planning. Lead caption: The present rapid increase of population...

GREECEGreece, 1969 - West of Karpension. Miss Bennett discusses with Greek women the varieties of wheat they grow and how they perform. In these dry and stony mountain soils, many of the modern cultivars pr...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - More mouths to feed means that more land must be brought under cultivation. Even a small kitchen garden, as seen here in East Africa, is an important self-help effort to increase the pro...

THAILANDThailand, 1979 - Young Meo farmer with his coffee plantation. He has learned to construct bench terraces and plant coffee in order to save the deforested land from erosion and improve his income. ...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - Visual material is used during a talk on family planning for a group of people in East Africa. More and more countries are offering their citizens advice on planned parenthood. Lead...

GREECESofikon, Greece, 1969 - Threshing wheat. Threshing machines of this sort travel through Greek villages, except in the most isolated areas. In each village, the entire grain harvest is gathered in one...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - Gurung peasant women returning to their village, their baskets laden with leaves and grasses. This animal fodder has been gathered from indiscriminately stripped forests in the foothills...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - An East African mother prepares a meal in her primitive 'kitchen'. Lead caption: The present rapid increase of populations is most apparent in developing countries, many of which...

AFRICAKenya, 1975 - A district nurse explains the use of the loop in family planning to woman at a maternity and childcare clinic in West Africa. Lead caption: The present rapid increase of populati...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - More mouths to feed means that more land must be brought under cultivation. A farmer in East Africa examines a new crop of maize. Lead caption: The present rapid increase of popu...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - A government family-planning worker giving a talk to a group of East African people. More and more countries are offering their citizens advice on planned parenthood. Lead caption:&#...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - Nutritional problems are more acute in large families. A poor, badly balanced diet in early childhood endagers health and may be injurious to the development of the brain. Lead capti...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - Women carrying heavy loads of fuelwood for cooking. They have walked for several hours in search of branches and twigs from denuded forests in the Himalayan foothills. Lead caption:&...

GREECEGreece, 1969 - Miss Bennett making notes in her field book. All details of wheat samples taken are noted in field books with numbered pages. Collected samples are placed in cotton bags and numbered by...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - A government family-planning worker giving a talk to a group of East African people. More and more countries are offering their citizens advice on planned parenthood. Lead caption:&#...

THAILANDThailand, 1979 - Extension agent of the Royal Forestry Department teaching hill farmers about terracing as a soil conservation measure. Lead caption: The great forests of Thailand are being rapidly...

AFRICAKenya, 1973 - A young East African woman examines "the pill" at a family planning centre. More and more countries are giving advice to their citizens on planned parenthood. Lead caption: The p...

AFRICAAfrica - Wildlife Management.

THAILANDThailand, 1979 - Terraced rice paddy fields in the high mountains of north Thailand. Lead caption: The great forests of Thailand are being rapidly destroyed by people desperately in need of land f...

AFGHANISTANAfghanistan 1969 - Usman Valiev from U.S.S.R., FAO karakul sheep expert, photographs a karakul lamb as part of the breeding selection process, as students look on.

AFRICATanzania, 1966. Africans from ten countries are studying at the College of African Wildlife Management, situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. This college is the first of its...

CHINAAgri-Forestry and soil conservation: China, 1981. In 1949, China's forests covered a mere 5% of its total land area. Through diligentt afforestation efforts, this cover was increased to 12.7% by 1978....

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta. Bags of sorghur donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by U.S.A are being carted away from a warehouse in the town of Kaya in Central Upper...

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta.

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta. Bags of sorghur donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by U.S.A are being unloaded from a plane in Central Upper Volta. Five years of subno...

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta. Bags of sorghur donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by U.S.A are being carted away from a warehouse in the town of Kaya in Central Upper...

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MexicoA fishing trawler off the coast of Mexico. - - Fisheries Development. Fisheries Develpment. When it agreed to consider financing fisheries development in Mexico, the World Bank set one condition: that...

JordanTraditional method of ploughing. Land is being prepared for the planting of chick peas. - - General: General. Medic (medicago) is a pasture legume which thrives in semi-arid regions with wet winters a...

JordanA close-up of fertile soil that has been prepared for planting chick peas. Farmers who have been using a medic/cereal rotation for many years find they gain other benefits such as increased fertility...

TunisiaWheat harvest being checked and bagged at one of many collection depots by National Wheat Board workers - a typical scene along Tunisian roads in June. 1987 was a bumper year for Tunisia, the average...

TunisiaVegetable section of main Tunis market. - -

TunisiaWatershed of the Mejerds River dam showing vast soil erosion on all sides. - - General: General.

ChinaBarley covered with dew at the County Agro-technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic activity in recent years has led to a revital...