2001 October - The Well near near Kabelewa Village, The Niger.

BangladeshCow being artificially inseminated. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshMilk Vita also operates a major veterinary and breeding programme for the vast herd of cows owned by its members. Here semen from prize bulls is collected for the artificial insemination of cows. - -...

BangladeshBull semen is frozen in liquid nitrogen. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshLaboratory test of bull semen. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshTechnician holds semen just collected from prize bull. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

ArmeniaTechnician testing for antibodies in sheep' milk at the laboratory of the local farmers' association. - - Pig Keeping and Group Sheep Fattening Project: TFD/98/ARM/005 and 006.

FranceFor large-scale cattle breeding operations like this one, cattle are separated into pens housing six to ten animals thus enabling the even distribution of feed. - - General: General.

FranceIndustrial poultry breeding. Eight thousand free-range chickens are free to move in and out of the poultry house (one of the criteria for obtaining a certified label). - - General: General.

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...

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...

BeninFrench white pigs cross bred with local Beninese variety for better meat and natural resistance to disease. - - General: General.

South AfricaFeeding indigenous Naked Neck hens at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute (ARC-ANPI). The Institute is responsible for research, development and technolog...

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 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 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 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...

South AfricaFeeding indigenous Naked Neck hens at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute (ARC-ANPI). The Institute is responsible for research, development and technolog...

El SalvadorPoultry breeding of Rusticas de Corral hens. - - Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides: GCP/ELS/004/NET. The Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides project has been set up to assist the National Centre o...

El SalvadorPoultry breeding of Rusticas de Corral hens. - - Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides: GCP/ELS/004/NET. The Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides project has been set up to assist the National Centre o...

CHINAWater buffalo farm in China. This is the only research institute in China for water buffalo. The institute is now independent but was once part of the Guanxi Animal Husbandry Institute. There are thre...

Central African RepublicOral administration of medicine to a sick calf. - - Production of Filmstrips and Booklets to Promote Improved Practices of Animal Health Care by Rural Stockowners: TCP/CAF/4504. The Government of the...

MoroccoA farmer using donkeys to help thresh barley, a major food crop grown in Morocco. - - General: General. In 1986, delegates of 26 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

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...

AlgeriaA crop of courgettes growing in a plastic greenhouse. - - Training and Extension: ALG/83/002. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as executing agency, together with a nat...

EthiopiaIn this region, well-known for small-scale sheep breeding, the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) encourages farmers to diversify their activities so as not to be entirely dependent on croppin...

ItalyLarge white European pigs well suited for crossing with other breeds to improve strains. - - Meat Production. The Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in R...

BangladeshA village woman in Savar, 20 km from Dhaka, examines the fertile eggs containing an improved breed that she has put to hatch under one of her brood hens in a clay pot. The other hen is hatching deshi...

BangladeshA vaccinator and poultry expert shows the difference between the egg from the improved breed of hen and the deshi hen (local breed). The new breed of hen can lay many more eggs than the deshi hen. - -...

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...

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...

IndonesiaResearch and testing is carried out at the National Freshwater Aquaculture Development Centre at Sukabumi, Java, into edible frog and prawn culture for the export market. - - Small Scale Fisheries Dev...

ChinaA flock of geese at Red Star People's Commune near Beijing. This farm produces 10,000 geese a month for the Beijing market. - - General: General.

IndiaA flock of exotic sheep is grazed in a protected grazing area. At the Institute, local sheep are being crossbred with imported strains. - - Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute. Rajasthan, India'...

PeruOne of the large Guinea pigs raised at the Government experimental farm where research into improved genetics is carried out on some 540 animals. - - Improved techniques for breeding of guinea pigs.....

PeruLight Sussex hens raised on free range for natural selection at the Institute's Huancayo high altitude farm 3,400 meters in the Andes. They belong to grandparent stock. Only third generation of select...

PeruPeruvian Veterinary Institute for Tropical and High Altitude Research. FAO expert B. F. Stephens (UK) (standing holding two birds) with other experts at the Institute's Huancayo high altitude farm. M...

BangladeshBull semen is frozen in liquid nitrogen. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.