Tunisia04 August 2022, Goubellat, Tunisia - Ines Messaoudi with a Roman jar containing oil in his hands, at work in an olive grove.

Tunisia04 August 2022, Goubellat, Tunisia - Ines Messaoudi with a Roman jar containing oil in his hands, at work in an olive grove.

Italy10 February 2022, Citta' della Pieve, Umbria, Italy - Workers at work to prune olive trees.

Bangladesh04 April 2022, Nazirhat, Bangladesh - Anowara, at work in a seaweed farming.

ITALY15 December 2021, Rome, Italy. Rita Patacconi, a 50-year-old baker, packages AIAB-certified organic wine cookies at the bakery of the Agricoltura Nuova agricultural cooperative. Agricoltura nuov...

Italy19 July 2019, Torre del Greco, Naples, Southern Italy - The hands of an engraver at work on coral at coral factory Lello Orlando srl in Torre del Greco.

Italy19 July 2019, Torre del Greco, Naples, Southern Italy - The hands of an engraver at work on coral at coral factory Lello Orlando srl in Torre del Greco.

Italy19 July 2019, Torre del Greco, Naples, Southern Italy - The hands of Master Raimondo Orlando at work on coral.

Italy19 July 2019, Torre del Greco, Naples, Southern Italy - The hands of Master Raimondo Orlando at work on coral.

EthiopiaInjura, a grain typical of Ethiopia and that serves as a nutrional staple. - - General: General.

IndiaHarvesting tea leaves at a private tea estate in the Nilgiris mountains. - - General: General.

Lao People's Democratic RepublicClose-up of hands holding threshed rice. - - Emergency Supply of Agricultural Inputs to Flood-affected Farm Households: TCP/LAO/0166E.

BangladeshPumps allow farmers to irrigate rice paddy. - - On Farm Water Management Pilot Programme in Support of SPFS: TCP/BGD/8928.

MoroccoClose-up of an octopus with the Atlantic Ocean in the background. - - General: General.

HondurasA farmer picking coffee beans in Honduras. - - General: General.

CubaNecrotic leaves of banana affected by Black Sigatoka (a fungal disease, affecting bananas and plantations). - - General: General.

PhilippinesField monitoring activities can be done in small groups. The groups develop an agroecosystem drawing that is used for analysis related to plant growth, agronomy, crop field, ecological issues and deci...

JapanYakitori: cubes of chicken and vegetables threaded on a skewer and barbecued. - - General: General.

NepalThakal grass. - - Shivapuri Integrated Watershed Development Project: GCP/NET/049/NET. Shivapuri is one of the main sources of drinking water for the densely populated Kathmandu. It experienced severa...

GuineaWild fruit from the Anona Senegalensis (Combretones). - - General: General.

LibyaProgramme for the eradication of New World Screwworm from North Africa Dissecting flies collected from the field to determine if they are Screwworm (and if sterile or fertile) or other species. - - Sc...

NicaraguaCotton bollworm, the greatest danger to Nicaragua's cotton crop. - - Integrated Pest Management Project. In the early 1980's, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in cooperatio...

BrazilCotton collecting centre where cotton is separated from the seeds before being compressed and stored. - - Technical Assistance to the Upper and Middle Sao Francisco Irrigation Project: FAO/UTF/BRA/026...

NigerPots of honey on sale at roadside market. The honey is produced by a German project operating at Gaya. - - General: General.

CongoA basket of freshly harvested Tilapia nilotica. - - Development of Rural Fish Farming: PRC/88/007/C/01/12. Food self-sufficiency in the year 2000 was the top priority of the Government of Congo. Fish...

ZambiaA closeup of cashew nuts growing on a tree. - - People's Participation Programme. Since 1982, several countries in Africa have been investigating, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organiza...

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...

AlgeriaA close-up of maize chopped by a silo cutter at the Stock-raising Service Cooperative (COOPSEL), Draa Ben Khedda. - - Training and Extension: ALG/83/002. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U...

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...

MaliA tiny Senegalese grasshopper, one of millions that descended upon ripening millet and sorghum plants, in some cases devouring total crop areas. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985...

MaliAn Anacridum melanorhodon or "tree locust", one of several pests that threatened thousands of food crops in the Sahel. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985 rains, breaking the worst...

PeruA worker plants "Q'enua" (Polylepis) in a community nursery. FAO is helping reforest Peru with this native source of fuel wood and rustic building material. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. T...

ChinaWheat aphids and the damage they cause are examined at the County Agro-technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic activity in recen...

GhanaGrains of corn being examined at the government owned Winneba Farm in the Accra area in the south of Ghana. - - Post Harvest and Food Storage Control. A joint project between FAO and the Government of...

Syrian Arab RepublicSeedlings raised in containers filled with enriched peat. - - Out of Season Vegetable Production. In 1977, the Government of Syria, with the assistance of FAO/UNDP, began the construction of plastic g...

CongoClose-up of Tsetse fly caught near the N?Keni river. These flies (genus Glossina) are the well-know vectors of human and animal trypanosomes. - - Assistance to Coffee Development. This FAO project is...

KenyaThe EEC is providing maize to people in the Turkana area. - - Multilateral Aid. The European Economic Community is assisting the government with food aid for people in the agriculturally poor area of...

CongoA head of hybrid maize growing at the Owanda Experimental Centre. - - Assistance to Coffee Development. This FAO project is designed to assist the government in the promotion of coffee as a cash crop....

NepalA potted seedling in a forest nursery in as part of a wood for energy project. FAO is involved in helping the Government overcome critical problems of deforestation and fuel wood shortage through a na...

ColombiaCoffee beans growing at the CENICAFE experimental centre near Manizales. Dehydrated coffee pulp was used as fertilizer. - - Recycling of Organic Residues from Coffee Production. The Colombia National...

ThailandGood maize crop grown in pilot demonstration area of Mai Sa. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of land for cultivation are rapidly destroying...

BangladeshFarmers learn new methods of sowing rice. - - Rural Improvement. Bangladesh is a fertile country capable of producing two or three crops of rice annually. FAO has assisted the Bangladesh International...

TunisiaClose-up of an orange being harvested from a tree. - - General: General.

BrazilFarmers shelling groundnus. - - General: General.

EthiopiaMeasurements of the insects' wings and other body parts are taken regularly, because they are related to breeding density of hoppers and, hen combined with other observations in the field, may indicat...

EthiopiaMeasurements of the insects' wings and other body parts are taken regularly, because they are related to breeding density of hoppers and, hen combined with other observations in the field, may indicat...

ItalyGlobal Crop Diversity Trust Executive Director Cary Fowler (left) shaking hands with the artist (right) at the unveiling ceremony of Japanese artist Mitsuaki Tanabe's rice sculpture entitled "Momi-200...