NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries clean brush near a small stream.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic
Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities o...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132357
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132356
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132358
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Soil erosion due to Hurricane Mitch.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic
Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities of Posolteg...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades.
In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and
also to give trees roo...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Members of the Fire Protection Brigade walking through project area with
Telica volcano in the background.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic
Rehabilitation of four micro water basi...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Wilbur Parrajon uses a machete to clear weeds and brush
to give room to newly planted citrus trees and to provide space for fire
maintenance. The citrus trees w...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Florentin Caballero checks the results of corn planted in one of his fields on which he used the new non-burning method to clear the field.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/02...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132353
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132352
NICARAGUANicaragua - A field using the Tangya System from China in which the corn and beans are planted in between young eucalyptus trees. Farmers are able to plant like this during the first 2-3 years of the...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries clean brush near a small stream.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic
Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities o...
00132180
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132185
NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Wilbur Parrajon uses a machete to clear weeds and brush
to give room to newly planted citrus trees and to provide space for fire
maintenance. The citrus trees w...
00132187
NICARAGUANicaragua - Soil erosion due to Hurricane Mitch.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic
Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities of Posolteg...
00132184
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades.
In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and
also to give trees roo...
00132186
NICARAGUANicaragua - Members of the Fire Protection Brigade walking through project area with
Telica volcano in the background.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic
Rehabilitation of four micro water basi...
00132176
NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Florentin Caballero checks the results of corn planted in one of his fields on which he used the new non-burning method to clear the field.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/02...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132175
NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...
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NICARAGUANicaragua - A field using the Tangya System from China in which the corn and beans are planted in between young eucalyptus trees. Farmers are able to plant like this during the first 2-3 years of the...
00132179
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132181
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132183
NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...
00132174
NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion.
FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...
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REPUBLIC OF KOREASOIL SURVEY PROJECT. Republic of Korea, December 1968.
Basic information for land development and improvement in Korea is being provided by this United Nations Development Programme-Special Fund/F...
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REPUBLIC OF KOREASOIL SURVEY PROJECT. Republic of Korea, December 1968.
Basic information for land development and improvement in Korea is being provided by this United Nations Development Programme-Special Fund/F...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Farmers demonstrate the way they maintain the plants used to demarcate the managed land from the areas in the same catchment that have not been introduced to appropria...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - An unmanaged banana farm is seen in Rusumo catchment, a plot where the mulching technique has not been implemented. The technique called "mulching" consists in creatin...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - A mulch covered patch of land. The technique called "mulching" consists in creating a buffer between the soil and the soaking rain allowing the water to drip into the...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - An improved cassava field is seen at the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo. Improvement as consistent manuring and the creation of troughs and high rise cultivation...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...
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United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...
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Mali29 October 2013, Zoumanabougou, Mali - Farmers use an Instrument by which water level is used to measure ground's gradient, during construction of earth walls to protect soil from erosion, during a c...
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Mali29 October 2013, Zoumanabougou, Mali - Farmers use an Instrument by which water level is used to measure ground's gradient, during construction of earth walls to protect soil from erosion, during a c...
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Mali29 October 2013, Zoumanabougou, Mali - Farmers building earth walls to protect soil from erosion, part of the climatic change adaptation practice program( ACC ).FAO project GCP/RAF/482/EC - Supporting...
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Mali30 October 2013, Zoumanabougou, Mali - close-up of a plant used as wood ,fertilizer and animal fodder,serving as protection from soil degrading winds and floods.FAO project GCP/RAF/482/EC - Supportin...
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Ethiopia21 December 2011, Tigray, Ethiopia - Farmers tilling the soil. FAO Project: GCP /ETH/073/ITA - Strengthening of fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo. To promote food security and...
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Ethiopia19 December 2011, Tigray, Ethiopia - Workers preparing soil for fruit tree seedlings at a nursery run by the Ethiopian Government and FAO. FAO Project: GCP /ETH/073/ITA - Strengthening of fruit and ca...
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UGANDAFAO Project GCP/UGA/036/JPN: Agriculture and Rural Development through Innovative Rice-based Farming Systems for Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Uganda. Overall objective: to promote innovative...
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UGANDAFAO Project GCP/UGA/036/JPN: Agriculture and Rural Development through Innovative Rice-based Farming Systems for Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Uganda. Overall objective: to promote innovative...
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UGANDAFAO Project GCP/UGA/036/JPN: Agriculture and Rural Development through Innovative Rice-based Farming Systems for Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Uganda. Overall objective: to promote innovative...
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MALAWIFarmer adding granules of fertilizer to crops, on the advice of Total Land Care, a partner organization working with FAO on this project. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.
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MALAWIFarmers reinforce banks of irrigation channel with extra soil. The channel has also been lined with polythene to prevent water loss. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.
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GeorgiaClose-up of a sluice gate, repaired by the project to regulate the water level: it stops sea water flooding the area and keeps fresh water from going into the sea, as the area is very low lying and of...
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El SalvadorA farmer holding two types of soil, poor quality soil and one that has some residue of maize that will fertilize the ground. - - Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides: GCP/ELS/004/NET. The Sustainable...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicFish farm. Small farm fry production operation in net cages. Young girl catching common carp and Puntius fry in a scoop net. The fine net cages are constructed from mosquito netting. Simple fry produc...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicA scene of a model fish farm with integrated rice and fish culture that shows animal pens built over the water in order that ducks will fertilize the ponds. Low input and low investment in aquaculture...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicWoman selling fish. Fresh fish commands a premium price in the city and provincial markets. There is a huge demand nation-wide for both cultured and captured fish. During the dry season, cultured fish...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicModel integrated fish farm. Fish pond integrated with floating vegetables. The vegetables are consumed by the farm family and the surplus is sold at local markets. Rice cultivation is also practised a...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicA model of an integrated fish farm. Combination of fish ponds with ducks. The pen is built above the pond so that the water is fertilized directly with spilt feed and manure. - - LAO/97/007. This aqua...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated rice-fish-poultry farm. Throwing a net into a pond to fish. This farm produces common carp, telapia as well as its own fry; it also has a small restaurant that adds value to the fish produc...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicFish farm. This farm was gradually converted from rice paddy to aquaculture over an eight-year period. Originally the farmer received training through a previous FAO aquaculture project. The ponds wer...
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Lao People's Democratic RepublicModel fish farm. Fish fry production: cast-netting in a shallow fish pond. Fish fry are produced for common carp, Chinese carp, telapia and silver barb Lack of mechanization and high cost of pond cons...
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YemenDegraded and abandoned terraces have been rehabilitated in order to prevent soil erosion and to reintroduce agricultural crop cultivation. - - Conservation (Forestry Component): UTF/YEM/023. The proje...
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NepalBee-keeping is a new activity in the Shivapuri area. The aim of the project is to improve the economical situation of the local people by developing income-generating activities. - - Shivapuri Integra...
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NepalShivapuri is one of the main sources of drinking water for the densely populated Kathmandu. Water from the streams is also used for irrigation in the surrounding villages during the dry season. Here a...
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NepalA child farmer of Kavre district. Note the typical large basket on her shoulders. - - Shivapuri Integrated Watershed Development Project: GCP/NEP/049/NET. Shivapuri is one of the main sources of drink...
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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...
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Democratic Republic of the CongoTwo bowls of grain demonstrating the difference between harvests from plots of land cultivated with and without fertilizer. - - Organizing Fertilizer Demonstrations and Farmers' Field Days. The fertil...
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GhanaA bush fire, which has been lit to clear new ground for planting. When this burning is repeated, year after year, it causes severe soil erosion. - - Agricultural and Social Improvement for Small-Holdi...
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Burkina FasoFarmer using animal traction to plough while his young daughter leads the two oxen. - - Animal Traction Implements as Assistance to Rural Development. At the beginning of this joint FAO/Demark project...
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TunisiaA farmer is pleased with his crop of excellent sugar beet. - - Experiments and Demonstration on the Production of Selected Tree Crops, Forage and Livestock. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in...
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TunisiaAt the Ouled M'Hamed centre in Central Tunisia, demonstrations are carried out showing the judicious use of irrigated farming in combination with dry land farming. - - Experiments and Demonstration on...
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LibyaPloughing at Dabaa (El Alamein) for the cultivation of grain. In this area, the successful reaping of the harvest depends on spring rainfall. - - Livestock improvement and land settlement in the north...
