KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - Dissemination of vouchers-for-work. The project aims to help farmers prepare their fields and build water harvesting structures in time for the rains. Farmers are given a v...

KENYA24 August 2011, Kyuso - Dry river bed. FAO is carrying out a voucher-for-work project in drought-prone eastern Kenya, helping vulnerable farmers terrace their lands and build water harvesting structur...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - A beneficiary of an FAO voucher-for-work project receiving a voucher. The project aims to help farmers prepare their fields and build water harvesting structures in time fo...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - Locals waiting in line for dissemination of vouchers-for-work. The vouchers-for-work Project aims to help farmers prepare their fields and build water harvesting structures...

KENYA24 August 2011, Kyuso - Most people in these arid and semi-arid parts of eastern Kenya survive by farming small plots of land and raising livestock. They depend on the rains to grow food; however, con...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - A beneficiary of an FAO voucher-for-work project. The project aims to help farmers prepare their fields and build water harvesting structures in time for the rains. Farmers...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - A beneficiary of an FAO voucher-for-work project receiving a voucher. The project aims to help farmers prepare their fields and build water harvesting structures in time fo...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - FAO is assisting vulnerable farmers in drought-prone eastern Kenya to terrace their fields and build water harvesting structures through a voucher-for-work project. Farmers...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - Beneficiaries of an FAO voucher-for-work project in Mutwaathi, eastern Kenya to help farmers terrace their fields and build water harvesting structures in time for the rain...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - Dry river bed. FAO is carrying out a voucher-for-work project in drought-prone eastern Kenya, helping vulnerable farmers terrace their lands and build water harvesting stru...

KENYA23 August 2011, Mutwaathi - A beneficiary of an FAO voucher-for-work project in Mutwaathi, eastern Kenya to help farmers terrace their fields and build water harvesting structures in time for the rain...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal rehabilitated through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSR...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal rehabilitated through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSR...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gate of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO Pr...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gate of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO Pr...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - Signage for the European Food Facility and FAO Project (EUFF) where rehabilitation of roads, dams and irrigation canals is also included in the project scope. FAO Project...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gates of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO P...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gates of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO P...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - A dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/902...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - Signage for the European Food Facility and FAO Project (EUFF) where rehabilitation of roads, dams and irrigation canals is also included in the project scope. FAO Project...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gates of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO P...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - A dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/902...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gates of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO P...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal rehabilitated through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSR...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal rehabilitated through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSR...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal rehabilitated through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSR...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - Signage for the European Food Facility and FAO Project (EUFF) where rehabilitation of roads, dams and irrigation canals is also included in the project scope. FAO Project...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - Signage for the European Food Facility and FAO Project (EUFF) where rehabilitation of roads, dams and irrigation canals is also included in the project scope. FAO Project...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gate of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO Pr...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - The sluice gates of a dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO P...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - An irrigation canal built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and dams. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/90...

BURUNDI15 December 2010, Mugerero - A dam built through the European Union Food Facility Project with FAO. The project also backs the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/902...

HaitiAssistance to farmers affected by the October 2007 floods in the western and southern portions of Haiti - FAO Project: OSRO/HAI/708/EC. The primary objectives of the project are to help restart food p...

IndiaMen building a check dam for irrigation, which will mean an additional harvest. - - General: General.

Lao People's Democratic RepublicThe Whaitong reservoir and dam, built in 2000, provides regulated water flow to lowland areas used for agriculture and grazing that were previously subject to flooding and crop devastation. - - Emerge...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicThe Whaitong reservoir and dam, built in 2000, provides regulated water flow to lowland areas used for agriculture and grazing that were previously subject to flooding and crop devastation. - - Emerge...

NepalImproved Nepalese irrigation canal introduced by FAO's Special Programme for Food Security. - - Special Programme for Food Security or SPIN.

NepalHydroelectric dam on Bhote Kosni River. - - Hills Leasehold Forestry and Forage Development Project: GCP/NEP/052/NET.

NepalHydroelectric dam on Bhote Kosni River. - - Hills Leasehold Forestry and Forage Development Project: GCP/NEP/052/NET.

NepalHydroelectric dam on Bhote Kosni River. - - Hills Leasehold Forestry and Forage Development Project: GCP/NEP/052/NET.

ChinaA dam that is part of the Du Jiang Irrigation System on the Minjiang River. This system was built around 250 B.C. to prevent floods from the Minjiang River and, at the same time, irrigate the Chengdu...

MoroccoD'Oum Laachar dam in the dry season at Guelmin. In the rainy season it is inundated with water, which is channelled off to surrounding fields to irrigate the land. - - Use of Floodwater to Restore Irr...

LesothoGood water management in Lesotho's lowlands to conserve water in earth dams. - - Support to Soil and Water Conservation in Southern Lesotho: GCP/LES/039/NET.

MyanmarFarm woman with her small child. - - Pilot Watershed Management Project for the Kinda Dam Watershed: UNDP/FAO/81/003. This project was initiated and started operation in 1987. Its main goal is to iden...

MyanmarFarm woman with her small child. - - Pilot Watershed Management Project for the Kinda Dam Watershed: UNDP/FAO/MYA/81/003. This project was initiated and started operating in 1987. Its main goal is to...

NigerThe check dams for water impoundments that last several months after the rainly season and can even extend until the following season, a valuable asset for farmers and livestock. - - Integrated Develo...

MauritaniaSmall dams for holding water during the rainy season. - - Fight against desertification: UNO/MAU/010/NSO. These photos show striking images of environmental degradation and drought in Mauritania. They...

BrazilParâ! state, Tucurul lake. Good timber immersed in the waters of the lake. Part of the Amazon forest was submerged by water after the inauguration of Tucurul's dam. The wood of the tree under water is...

MexicoSystem of prawn fishing through a type of dam called "tapo". - - Development of Aquaculture and Mariculture: MEX/87/018. This project, executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United N...

GuineaKoukoulà?river falls above the Kin Kon dam. - - Reforestation of Watersheds. Millions of hectares of upland watersheds have been seriously degraded in many tropical countries. Upland soil erosion due...

MoroccoAn official from the Government Extension Service demonstrates the good quality of wheat grown in a region of the Souss Valley where wadi water irrigates the land. - - Agricultural Rehabilitation Prog...

Côte d'IvoireStudents learning about the ecology of the aquatic world. - - Development of Fish Culture in Rural Areas. Freshwater fish breeding in the Ivory Coast interior contributes to the national production of...

Côte d'IvoireA class in net fishing listens to the teacher. - - Development of Fish Culture in Rural Areas. Fresh-water fish breeding in the Ivory Coast interior contributes to the national production of animal pr...

EthiopiaClose-up of an Ethiopian peasant who is working on a soil conservation project. - - Assistance to soil and water conservation. Reafforestation and erosion control work is being carried out in Ethiopia...

SAUDI ARABIASaudi Arabia - Crop production and protection at Hakma Research Station. Malaki Dam.

TogoVolunteer workers cutting grass in order to prepare land for planting crops. - - Rural Development in Togo. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the Repub1ic of Togo with food aid for vo...

TogoExtension worker examining sapling. - - Rural Development in Togo. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the Repub1ic of Togo with food aid for volunteer rural workers taking part in rura...

TogoAdobe houses with thatched roofs in a small village. Note precious firewood in foreground. - - Rural Development in Togo. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the Repub1ic of Togo with f...

TogoVolunteer rural worker tending crop. - - Rural Development in Togo. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the Repub1ic of Togo with food aid for volunteer rural workers taking part in rur...

IndonesiaA young man planting euca1yptus trees to fight erosion in the Upper Solo River basin. - - Integrated Watershed Development of the Solo River Basin in Java. Erosion is one of the principa1 prob1ems imp...

TunisiaWorkers constructing a new dam. - - Dams for Cactus Growing. Southern Tunisia has few sources of income. The land is poor, water scarce and the farmers eke out a living from sheep rearing and the cult...

IndonesiaRice harvesting is a slow and painstaking operation in the Solo River region - each stalk has to be cut separately. - - Fertilizer and Crop Yield Improvement in the Upper Solo River Basin. Erosion is...

IndonesiaSunset over rice paddies in the Lawu valley, east Java. - - Environmental Deterioration and the Threat to Food and Agriculture. Erosion is one of the principal problems impeding the development of agr...

IndonesiaRice paddies in the Lawu valley, east Java. - - Environmental Deterioration and the Threat to Food and Agriculture. Erosion is one of the principal problems impeding the development of agriculture in...

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Threshing wheat outside a typical abode village in the Tabriz area. - - Irrigation, Erosion and Sand Fixation. The Government of Iran has built several dams for irrigation and potable water supplies,...

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Sun-baked deposit of alluvial silt on the banks of the river which feeds the Shabbano Faraf reservoir. - - Irrigation, Erosion and Sand Fixation. The Government of Iran has built several dams for irri...

IndonesiaHarvesting rice in east Java. - - Environmental Deterioration and the Threat to Food and Agriculture. Erosion is one of the principal problems impeding the development of agriculture in Central and Ea...

IndonesiaMaze-like terracing of rice paddy near Lawu. - - Environmental Deterioration and the Threat to Food and Agriculture. Erosion is one of the principal problems impeding the development of agriculture in...

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...