ItalyOil painting Portrait of Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 1948-1953. FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.

NicaraguaPortrait of woman and child. - - General: General.

NicaraguaFlooding and damage caused by Hurricane Mitch.

NicaraguaTemporary housing for victims of Hurricane Mitch. - - General: General.

NicaraguaYoung farmers weeding cabbages. - - General: General.

PeruPloughing. - -

PeruYoung peasant girl selling bundles of firewood in the market. - -

PeruWomen engaged in milking operations. - -

PeruWomen workers tending tree seedlings in a forest nursery which is part of the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/Netherlands project. - -

PeruForest nursery. - -

PeruGuinea pigs. - - People are raising Guinea pigs in Andean villages. The Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) is a rodent which was domesticated by the ancient Incas of Peru - long before the arrival of the co...

PeruA class in health education at rural health centre. - -

PeruPloughing. - -

PeruFarm workers restoring traditional terraces. - -

PeruGuinea pigs. - - In Andean villages people are raising Guinea pigs. The Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) is a rodent which was domesticated by the ancient Incas of Peru - long before the arrival of the co...

PeruWomen attending a class in health education at rural health centre. - -

PeruMan and woman sorting potatoes. - -

PeruWomen raising alpaca. - -

PeruCloseup of worm culture. Worms are used to improve soil quality. - -

PeruMen and women preparing land for terraces as part of a soil conservation programme. - -

PeruRural women attending a literacy class. - -

PeruWomen turning the ground between rows of potatoes. - -

PeruMaking traditional pottery. - -

PeruCassava growing in the coastal region. - -

PeruWoman tending sheep while spinning wool. - -

PeruPeasants weeding a field of potatoes. - -

PeruMembres of a women's cooperative dyeing sheep. - -

PeruRebuilding traditional terraces as part of soil conservation programme. - -

PeruWomen farm workers cultivating lettuce and other vegetables in a garden.

PeruWoman tending sheep while spinning wool. - -

PeruMaize cultivation. - -

PeruWorkers building a storehouse of adobe bricks to store potatoes. - -

PeruThe cultivation of potatoes is well developed and of prime importance in this zone. The utilization of storage cribs with diffused light is the best method of prolonging their conservation period and...

PeruWomen farmers applying fetilizer to a field of freshly sown potato seeds. - -

PeruWomen shearing sheep. - -

PeruCloseup of Cajamarca peasant woman selling her goods in the market. - -

PeruRural people gathering wood. - -

PeruWomen farmers sowing potato seeds. - -

PeruWoman milking cow. - -

PeruCajamarca peasant woman selling coriander (culantro) in the market. The leaves are used in the preparation of typical dishes. - -

PeruWoman having medical check-up at rural health centre. - -

PeruWomen planting eucalyptus. - -

PeruPuno womenÂ?cooperative at Lake Titicaca, 3900 m. above sea level. Members preparing concentrated feed for trout that are being bred in the lake. - -

PeruTrout breeding is carried out by members of Puno womenÂ?cooperative at Lake Titicaca, 3900 m. above sea level. - -

PeruWomen's association for community protection and security, and defence of women's right (ronderos). - -

PeruPuno womenÂ?cooperative at Lake Titicaca, 3900 m. above sea level. Members preparing concentrated feed for trout that are being bred in the lake. - -

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Rearing llamas on natural pasture at an altitude of 4000 metres. - -

RwandaBiumba region in Northern Rwanda. View of slow-forming terraces with scattered rural housing. Note potato cultivation and traditional family banana groves. - -

HondurasPotatoes on sale in a Potosi city street (altitude 4000 metres). - -

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)A field of harvested wheat at 3.500 metres altitude. - -

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Farm goods on sale at a street market in Uncia - a mining town at an altitude of 3500 metres in Northern Potosi. - -

PeruScene at a child care clinic. - -

RwandaKiseny region in northeastern Rwanda. Slow-forming terraces and crop diversification including maize, banana and vegetable cropping. Note coffe bushes in foreground. - -

ItalyOil painting Portrait of Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 1948-1953. FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.