BhutanBhutan - Chilli nursery. With this seedling preparation technology, almost all of the plants survive. This method requires less space and gives better protection than planting the seeds directly in th...

BhutanBhutan - Chilli nursery. With this seedling preparation technology, almost all of the plants survive. This method requires less space and gives better protection than planting the seeds directly in th...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Emmanuel Chikwari, Acting head of Chemistry and Soil Research Institute, Zimbabwe. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Glob...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Zacharie Segda, Director-General, Burkina Faso Soil Center. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership All...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Attanda Mouinou Igue', National Institute of Agricultural Research, Benin. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Liesi Wiese, GSP Secretariat. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Alliance meeting, 11-13 June 2018...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Liesi Wiese, GSP Secretariat. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Alliance meeting, 11-13 June 2018...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Carlos Alberto Amaral, Deputy Permanent Representative, Angola. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Victor Chude, African Soil Partnership. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Alliance meeting, 11-13...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Rene' Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General, FAO. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Alliance...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Rene' Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General, FAO. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Alliance...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Rene' Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General, FAO. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Alliance...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Eduardo Mansur, Director, Land and Water Division, Attanda Mouinou Igue', National Institute of Agricultural Research, Benin, Victor Chude, African Soil Partnership, Rene'...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Eduardo Mansur, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Allianc...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Eduardo Mansur, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO. "AfriSoils - boosting soil productivity for a food-secure Africa", Side Event of the Global Soil Partnership Allianc...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Eduardo Mansur, Director, Land and Water Division, Attanda Mouinou Igue', National Institute of Agricultural Research, Benin, Victor Chude, African Soil Partnership, Rene'...

ITALY13 June 2018, Rome, Italy - Eduardo Mansur, Director, Land and Water Division, Attanda Mouinou Igue', National Institute of Agricultural Research, Benin, Victor Chude, African Soil Partnership, Rene'...

Bangladesh24 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - Men prepare vermicompost, a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner that uses worms species such as red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworm...

Bangladesh24 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - Men prepare vermicompost, a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner that uses worms species such as red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworm...

Bangladesh24 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - Men prepare vermicompost, a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner that uses worms species such as red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworm...

Bangladesh24 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - Abdul's son filling sacs and weighing vermicompost, a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner that uses worms species such as red wigglers, white...

Italy24 January 2017, Rome, Italy - Plenary Session 7: Climate change adaptation, resilience, and linkages to food security. Soil health and soil nutrient management, including soil organic carbon, erosion...

Italy24 January 2017, Rome, Italy - Plenary Session 7: Climate change adaptation, resilience, and linkages to food security. Soil health and soil nutrient management, including soil organic carbon, erosion...

Italy24 January 2017, Rome, Italy - Plenary Session 7: Climate change adaptation, resilience, and linkages to food security. Soil health and soil nutrient management, including soil organic carbon, erosion...

LEBANONLebanon, August 1967. Only small areas of the Lebanon are flat enough for arable farming, and in these areas agriculture is well developed. But the stage has been reached where irrigation is neces...

LEBANONLebanon, August 1967. Only small areas of the Lebanon are flat enough for arable farming, and in these areas agriculture is well developed. But the stage has been reached where irrigation is neces...

NIGERIA12 February 2006, Buruku, Nigeria - Irrigation of crops. Water use activities enhances soil fertility and plant nutrient management. FAO Project UTF/NIR/047/NIR: The National Special Food Security Pr...

NIGERIA12 February 2006, Buruku, Nigeria - A crop growing alongside an irrigation ditch. Water use activities enhances soil fertility and plant nutrient management. FAO Project UTF/NIR/047/NIR: The National...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Gicumbi - A view of terraced hills. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin, PDF-B. The natural resources o...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Gicumbi - A view of terraced hills. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin, PDF-B. The natural resources o...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A panoramic view of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin, PDF-B. The natural resou...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - Farmers from the Burera Lake region. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin, PDF-B. The natural r...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

TURKEY13 December 2005, Polatli - Students listening to the school master instructing them on soil preparation and cultivation in the school garden. FAO/Telefood Project TFD-01/TUR/001: To contribute to th...

TURKEY13 December 2005, Polatli - The school master conducting a class in the school garden on soil preparation and cultivation. FAO/Telefood Project TFD-01/TUR/001: To contribute to the achievement effort...

TURKEY13 December 2005, Polatli - The school master fastening a string for tomato plants to climb during a class on soil preparation and cultivation in the school garden. FAO/Telefood Project TFD-01/TUR/00...

CAMBODIA20 June 2006, Siem Reap - Chickens belonging to an FAO project and Farmer Field School (FFS) beneficiary being fed. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for...

CAMBODIA22 June 2006, Siem Reap - A Telefood project beneficiary feeding the chickens she and her family are raising. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for Natio...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - A beneficiary of a Farmer Field School (FFS) feeding the pigs on the family farm. The pig farming was made possible with an initial loan of USD $20 from the Community Savings Gr...

CAMBODIA20 June 2006, Siem Reap - A family-run fish farm raising catfish. The family learned about running a fish farm through the FAO project Farmer Field School. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia....

CAMBODIA22 June 2006, Siem Reap - A Telefood project beneficiary tending to the herb garden that her family keeps. She, her husband and their five children all contribute to the various chores involved with r...

CAMBODIA20 June 2006, Siem Reap - A community of farmers harvesting bundles of rice seedlings to be transplanted in other paddies within the province. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the fr...

CAMBODIA20 June 2006, Siem Reap - The community leader of Thanni Village checking on the level of rice stored in the communal rice bank hosted on his property. He is also a member of the rice bank committee f...

CAMBODIA22 June 2006, Siem Reap - A Telefood project beneficiary showing a home garden to visitors. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural D...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - A field worker (R) looking over the bookkeeping for the community savings group. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Ag...

CAMBODIA21 June 2006, Siem Reap - Fishermen returning with baskets of fish along the Tonle Sap River. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural...

CAMBODIA22 June 2006, Siem Reap - A young girl feeding the Telefood project pigs she and her family are raising. The project has been quite successful and they have numerous piglets. FAO project SPFP/CMB/670...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - A field worker (R) looking over the bookkeeping for the community savings group. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Ag...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - Rice being distributed to the community from the Community Rice Bank hosted on the property of a local family and village leader. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Wit...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - A woman casting a fishing net from a boat on the Tonle Sap River. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural Deve...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - Rice being distributed to the community from the Community Rice Bank hosted on the property of a local family and village leader. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Wit...

CAMBODIA21 June 2006, Siem Reap - A view of a floating church on the Tonle Sap River. In anticipation of the seasonal rise in water levels, floating houses, churches and others, move inland to safety. FAO pr...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - Rice being distributed to the community from the Community Rice Bank hosted on the property of a local family and village leader. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Wit...

CAMBODIA26 June 2006, Pursat - A cattle rancher herding cattle along the banks of the Tonle Sap River. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultura...

CAMBODIA20 June 2006, Siem Reap - A hen's nest with eggs. A poultry farmer and beneficiary of an FAO project and Farmer Field School (FFS) was able to build this chicken coop with a USD 20 loan from the commu...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - A Farmer Field School (FFS) beneficiary showing the biogas stove she learned to maintain and use. The eco-friendly stove also saves money as the cost of kerosene is increasingly...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - Women weaving mats. The mats will be further embellished with fringe and color and eventual sale in Thailand for USD $15. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - Women weaving mats. The mats will be further embellished with fringe and color and eventual sale in Thailand for USD $15. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - Drip irrigation watering a crop belonging to a Farmer Field School (FFS) beneficiary who learned about the technique. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the fram...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - A woman with her children buying fish at a dock to sell at a local market in town. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National...

CAMBODIA25 June 2006, Pursat - A Chinese cabbage crop growing in a greenhouse. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural Development: Horizon 2...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - A fisherman casting a net from the banks of the Tonle Sap River. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural Devel...

CAMBODIA21 June 2006, Siem Reap - School children paddling down the Tonle Sap River. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural Development: Hor...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Siem Reap - An FAO project and Farmer Field School (FFS) beneficiary feeding worms to chickens. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for Natio...

CAMBODIA20 June 2006, Siem Reap - A woman farmer tilling a rice paddy for the planting season. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for National Agricultural Develo...

CAMBODIA24 June 2006, Pursat - A woman weaving baskets under the house in Thkaol Thom Village in Pursat Province. The baskets are used to transport fish and are sold for about USD $1 for a medium sized one su...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - A weaver making a hat from dried reeds. Hats are usually sold for about USD 0.37cents. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the framework of the Strategy for Natio...

CAMBODIA23 June 2006, Pursat - Women weaving mats. The mats will be further embellished with fringe and color and eventual sale in Thailand for USD $15. FAO project SPFP/CMB/6701 - SPFP Cambodia. Within the...

MALAWIFAO project OSRO/RAF/510/SAF - Strengthening Livelihoods through Food and Nutrition Security in Vulnerable SADC Countries. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of vul...

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...

MALAWIPigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is a perennial legume. This plant is drought-resistant and nitrogen fixing, enhancing soil fertility. It requires low inputs and can be intercropped with traditional crops....

NigerWoman waters fruit tree in cooperative orchard. - - Keita Integrated Development Project: GCP/NER/028/ITA. The Keita Integrated Development Project was launched in 1984 following an accord between the...

NigerExperimental wheat crop. - - Keita Integrated Development Project: GCP/r-ER/028/ITA. The Keita Integrated Development Project was launched in 1984 following an agreement between the governments of Nig...

NigerAn Acacia albida tree being used as a natural silo for fodder. - - Keita Integrated Development Project: GCP/NER/028/ITA. The Keita Integrated Development Project was launched in 1984 following an acc...

NigerExperimental wheat cultivation under the Keita project - - Keita Integrated Development Project: GCP/NER/028/ITA. The Keita Integrated Development Project was launched in 1984 following an accord betw...

NigerThe leaves, fruit and roots of this Acacia albida tree are used for self-fertilization, while the bark is used for making medicinal drugs. It is an ideal tree for agroforestry products. - - Keita Inte...

NigerBalanites Aegyptiaca. This tree is used to make furniture and some domestic utensils while oil is extracted from its fruit. Its branches are used for dune fixation and its bark and roots are used to m...

NepalThe necessity to preserve soil fertillity and improve crop productivity, oblige women to cover hundreds of kms. transporting farmyard manure. In a "doko" a woman can carry about 20 kgs: the quantity o...

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...