Italy16 February 2016, Rome, Italy - Cavaba Srinivas Prasad, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, India. FAO International Symposium on ?he Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies...

Italy16 February 2016, Rome, Italy - Cavaba Srinivas Prasad, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, India. FAO International Symposium on ?he Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies...

ArmeniaTeleFood beneficiaries feeding the pigs. Manure that is produced is used as fertilizer for home gardens and as fuel for heating and cooking. - - Group Sheep Fattening (005) and Pig Keeping (006): TFD/...

NepalA villager cuts grass from a leasehold forestry plot that belongs to a group of families in Sirisghari, in the Panchkhal Valley, 40 km east of Kathmandu. In 1993, when the Hills Leasehold Forestry and...

Burkina FasoEmployee tending tree seedlings in a nursery set up by the Special Programme for Food Security. - - Special Programme for Food Security. The main objective of the Special Programme for Food Security (...

CambodiaImproved pig-raising, using antibiotic treatment, has helped to reduce pig mortality rates from 35 to 10%. - - Special Programme for Food Security: SPFS/CMB/6701. The series of wars in and around Camb...

KenyaVeterinary officers carrying out a physical examination of an animal - lymph nodes, eyes, skin and general body condition are checked. - - Emergency Analysis and Control of Rift Valley Fever and Other...

KenyaVeterinary officer attaching an eartag to an animal. - - Emergency Analysis and Control of Rift Valley Fever and Other Vector-Borne Diseases: TCP/RAF/8821. An epidemic of Rift Valley Fever has recentl...

GuineaRural women receive building materials that will be used to construct poultry houses. Improved poultry rearing will eventually offer income-generating opportunities to the women and allow them to rais...

KenyaClose-up of a Sahiwal cow. - - Emergency Analysis and Control of Rift Valley Fever and Other Vector-Borne Diseases: TCP/RAF/8821. An epidemic of Rift Valley Fever has recently affected livestock and h...

GuineaPoultry feeding from new troughs supplied by the TeleFood project. - - Improved Traditional Poultry Rearing: TFD-97/GUI/003. This TeleFood project, approved in 1998 with a budget of USD 8 000, has bee...

KenyaFarm where Sahiwals, Friesians and crossbreeds are kept on natural and irrigated pastures. - - Emergency Analysis and Control of Rift Valley Fever and Other Vector-Borne Diseases: TCP/RAF/8821. An epi...

GuineaImproved henhouse for rearing poultry. - - Improved Traditional Poultry Rearing: TFD-97/GUI/003. This TeleFood project, approved in 1998 with a budget of USD 8 000, has been executed by the Food and A...

KenyaEpidemiologists setting up working equipment ready for blood sampling. - - Emergency Analysis and Control of Rift Valley Fever and Other Vector-Borne Diseases: TCP/RAF/8821. An epidemic of Rift Valley...

GuineaVillagers receive building materials through a TeleFood fund that will be used to construct improved poultry breeding facilities. - - Improved Traditional Poultry Rearing: TFD-97/GUI/003. This TeleFoo...

KenyaLabelling blood samples immediately after collection (the number 1705 relates to a female aryshire cross). The samples are then stored in a cool box until they are delivered to a laboratory for analys...

KenyaVeterinary officer taking a blood sample from the jugular vein of a cow. - - Emergency Analysis and Control of Rift Valley Fever and Other Vector-Borne Diseases: TCP/RAF/8821. An epidemic of Rift Vall...

IraqSheep and goats on pasture land. Sheep and goats are a major source of meat and milk. The main objective of animal health activities under the programme is control of livestock diseases through the pr...

IraqBeekeeping: increased populations of honeybees are required for optimal pollination of food crops and for the production of increased quantities of honey. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Res...

IraqSmall scale farmer milking cow. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian population as a result...

BeninFrench white pigs and Beninese cross breeds in a traditional setting. - - General: General.

BeninRhode Island Red variety of hens raised for meat and eggs and mated with local varieties. - - General: General.

South AfricaAgricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII). Indigenous Nguni cows, a breed that is better suited to survive the weather conditions in South Africa, particularly during perio...

South AfricaAgricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII). Indigenous Nguni cows, a breed that is better suited to survive the weather conditions in South Africa, particularly during perio...

South AfricaThe Agricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII): an employee is administering medication to stop infection occurring to a ram whose horn has snapped off. These indigenous ram...

South AfricaTaxonomist inspecting locusts and sugar cane beetles at the South African Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute (ARC-PPRI). The ARC-PPRI is a semi-autonomous organization...

South AfricaThe Agricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII): an employee is administering medication to stop infection occurring to a ram whose horn has snapped off. These indigenous ram...

South AfricaA graphic artist from the South African Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Institute (ARC-PPRI) drawing an insect for cataloguing purposes. The ARC-PPRI is a semi-autonomous organization...

South AfricaAn indigenous pig at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII). FAO is working with the Institute to establish a southern African network of research centres to increas...

South AfricaLaboratory technician cataloguing insects at the South African Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute (ARC-PPRI). The ARC-PPRI is a semi-autonomous organization funded by t...

South AfricaIndigenous goats at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII). FAO is working with the Institute to establish a southern African network of research centres to increase...

South AfricaIndigenous goats at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII). FAO is working with the Institute to establish a southern African network of research centres to increase...

EcuadorCow grazing in landscape typical of the area. - - General: General.

El SalvadorOne of the activities of the project is to improve small animal husbandry and here a farmer is feeding his pigs. - - Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides: GCP/ELS/004/NET. The Sustainable Agriculture...

GuineaCattle grazing in fields, prior to rice cultivation, as a form of weed control. - - General: General.

PhilippinesFarmer from cooperative association feeding milk to a calf. Sustainable Agrarian Reform Communities ?Technical Support to Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (SRC-TSARRD): GCP/PHI/042/NET. Sustaina...

SenegalPoultry in a new improved henhouse. Vietnamese agronomist gave technical assistance to the programme activities. - - Improvements in Poultry Breeding: TFD-97/SEN/001. The aim of this TeleFood-funded p...

SenegalNew improved henhouse. Chickens being fed supplementary vitamin enriched feed. In the foreground is a apecial breeding rooster. - - Improvements in Poultry Breeding: TFD-97/SEN/001. The aim of this Te...

HondurasHerdsman with cattle. - - Rural Development in Southern Lempira: GCP/HON/018/NET. This project is funded by the Netherlands and executed by the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization. The principal aim...

PanamaWoman sifting grain at her home in a village on the Rio Chiriko. - - General: General.

AfghanistanGoats returning from their summer grazing before winter falls. - - General: General.

MauritiusFather and son collecting grass for their cattle from a restricted area. Some pastures of the island have been fenced to avoid overgrazing. Nevertheless farmers should enter from time to time and cut...

MexicoLa Loma, Lerdo. Fodder being distributed to dairy cattle in open stable. - - Integration of rural Development Units: MEX/87/0l6. The social and economic organisation of "ejidos" (i.e. the basic struct...

MexicoDairy cattle feeding on fodder in open stable. La Loma, Lerdo, Durango. - - Integration of Rural Development Units: MEX/87/0l6. The social and economic organisation of "ejidos" (i.e. the basic structu...

AustriaRice fields treated with the Azolla bio-fertilizer give the same yields as those treated with chemical nitrogen fertilizers. - - Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture....

Cabo VerdeRabbits being fed with experimental feed mixes. - - Forestry Development/Reforestation: GCP/CVI/015/BEL: Phase II. The objectives of this large FAO forestry project financed by Belgium, which started...

Viet NamMeasuring back fat on Yorkshire Large White at An Khanh state farm. In one extensive experiment, Technical Cooperation Programme project TCP/VIE/4403 tested the performance of pure Yorkshire, pure Mon...

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...

BhutanThe Wangchutaba Experimental Farm situated on the highway between Thimphu and Phuntsholing. With the assistance of an FAO project for Integrated Livestock Development (BHU/81/020), the farm was establ...

MaliA good herd of trypano-tolerant Taurin-Merà?cattle. - - Illustration of the Classification of Meats. In Mali's foreign commercial transactions involving meats, a classification of the product is manda...

BangladeshBangladesh poultry farmer with breeding cockerel. - - Rural Poultry Improvement. From its centre at Mirpur, the Bangladesh Poultry Improvement Programme provides hens and cocks to 27 state farms in di...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Women with cattle on the altiplano of Bolivia at over 4 000 meters above sea level. - - WFP Aid to Dairy Industry. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the country's dairy industry wit...

Burkina FasoHungry goats stripping what little green is left on thorn trees at Dori, in northern Burkina Faso. - - Drought in Burkina Faso. Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy...

Burkina FasoNomads from Mali have migrated into Northern Burkina Faso with their herds in search of pasture, but they found a wasteland which had already been stripped bare by the Burkina Faso nomads who, in turn...

ItalyA healthy pig. - - General: General.

SenegalWomen bringing milk to a collection point. - - Development of dairy industries.. Under the United Nation Development Programme, FAO is providing assistance to the Government with a view to developing...

SudanLoading up a hay-cart supplied through FAO/FFH. The hay will serve as cattle feed during the dry season when there is insufficient pasture feeding. - - Haymaking and cattle feeding.. Peuls are semi-no...

SudanAfter the hay is mown it is raked into bundles in readiness for the hay-cart. - - Haymaking and cattle feeding.. Peuls are semi-nomadic pastoralists in the north of Senegal. They depend mainly on stoc...