GhanaWoman cooking food at Yeji fish market. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries: IDAF/GHA/93/008. The project aims at improving the working and living conditions of over 75,000 inhabitants i...

GhanaCloseup of woman carrying a head load of shea butter, which is made from the kernels of Butyrosperum Parkii. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fishieries: IDAF/GHA/93/008. The project aims at im...

GhanaA typical scene at Yeji fish market. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries: IDAF/GHA/93/008. The project aims at improving the working and living conditions of over 75,000 inhabitants in Y...

GhanaSmoked fish (Chrysichthys spp) - small catfish - is put into baskets for transport to the local fish market at Yeji. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries (IDAF): IDAF/GHA/93/008. The proj...

GhanaBasket of dried fish at Yeji market - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries: IDAF/GHA/93/008. The project aims at improving the working and living conditions of over 75,000 inhabitants in Ye...

PhilippinesTo augment meager familiy incomes, children help by cleaning out small sea shells. After cleaning, the young girls tie each shell with a thin nylon string. This particular shell, called sigay locally...

PhilippinesA man peels off a fish's rubber-like skin. - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/916/FPA. This fishing village, Sitio Guyuden, subists on fishing and vegetable fa...

GhanaSite of the fish market. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) cooperates with non-govern...

GhanaA scene at Chokomey fish market near Accra. Fish are being sold from the fishing boat - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/Food...

PhilippinesAfter drying,the fish are individually tied with a local twine, bundled together by the kilo, left toohang outside their homes and sold (in 1995) at US$ (60 pesos) per kilo bundle - - The status of di...

GhanaCloseup of boy with handful of small fish at Chokomey market. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/Food and Agriculture Organiza...

PhilippinesAfter drying, the fish are individually tied with a local twine, bundled together by the kilo, left to hang outside their homes and sold (in 1995) at US$2.40 (60 pesos) per kilo bundle - - Status of d...

PhilippinesAfter drying, the fish are individually tied with a local twine, bundled together by the kilo, left to hang outside their homes and sold (1995) at US$2.40 (60 pesos) per kilo bundle - - Status of disa...

GhanaCrowd of people at the fish market in Chikomey. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) coo...

GhanaFish market. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/FAO cooperates with non- governmental organizations (NGOs) through the Freedo...

PhilippinesA boy showing off a young shark brought in by the village fishing fleet. - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/916/FPA. This fishing village, Sitio Guyuden, subis...

GhanaFish market. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/FAO cooperates with non- governmental organizations (NGOs) through the Freed...

GhanaWoman with her two children on the beach at Chokomey where the daily fish market takes place. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the...

PhilippinesVillage woman handles the cleaning of fish before drying. - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/916/FPA. This fishing village, Sitio Guyuden, subists on fishing a...

GhanaWomen at fish market. - - Small-scale farming and food processing programme: FFHC/GHA/20A/MUL. This is a programme in which the UN/FAO cooperates with non- governmental organizations (NGOs) through t...

PhilippinesChildren help their mothers in cleaning and washing sliced fish with brushes to remove dirt. - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/916/FPA. This fishing village,...

PhilippinesTo augment meager family incomes, children help by cleaning out small sea shells. After cleaning, the young girls tie each shell with a thin nylon string. This particular shell, called sigay locally,...

PhilippinesCleaned fish are left to dry on nets in the yard for 6-8 hours - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/916/FPA. This fishing village, Sitio Guyuden, subists on fish...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicFarmer and his wife measuring fish before selling to market. - - Development of Fish Culture Extension: LAO/89/003. This project is intended to improve the availability of protein through aquaculture...

PhilippinesFish are weighed by a monitor, then taken to market by village women. - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing communities: FPA/PHI/916/FPA. Improving the status of disadvantaged women...

PhilippinesFish are brought to the town market where waiting buyers/vendors buy them at an agreed price for resale to the public. - - The status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/9...

PhilippinesFish are brought to the town market where waiting buyers/vendors buy them at an agreed price for resale to the public - - Status of disadvantaged women in small-scale fishing community: FPA/PHI/916/FP...

ThailandWoman fish vendor at Kanchanaburi market. - -

UgandaIn the Lukaya area near Entebbe, a trader uses his bicycle to carry to market a huge Nile Perch he bought from a fisherman on Lake Victoria. Lack of transport is a hindrance to Uganda's economic growt...

El SalvadorTwo fishermen handling nets on the banks of Cerron Reservoir. Development of fishing resources and increased market possibilities are two components of the master plan. Species of fish found in the r...

Viet NamVienamese market stall with dried fish and squid. - -

IndiaYoung woman handling catch at fish landing centre. - - The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP): GCP/RAS/118/MUL (BOBP). The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), started in 1979 with headquarters in Madras, Indi...

IndiaFish market for fisherwomen of Besant Nagar, Madras. The market, initiated and designed by BOBP and built by the Corporation of Madras, may turn out to be an excellent income-generating activity. Trai...

IndonesiaView of the main fish market just outside Jakarta. - - Since its independence in 1948, the Republic of Indonesia has registered major progress in many fields. This has been especially true over the pa...

EgyptFried fish on sale at Cairo's fish market. Fish production in Egypt accounts for a total of 340,000 tons per year, including inland fisheries (large water surfaces such as lakes, ponds, and rice field...

PanamaA fish market in Panama City. - - Horticulture Associated with School Gardens: TCP/PAN/005l. This project is executed by the Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organi...

EgyptFish market in Cairo. Fish production in Egypt accounts for a total of 340,000 tons per year, including inland fisheries (large water surfaces such as lakes, ponds, and rice fields) and sea coastal fi...

Cabo VerdeFishermen stretch their nets to dry on the dock after a day of fishing for tuna which will be sold by women at a SCAPA market. They are from one of the artisanal fishing communities being helped by SC...

IndonesiaA woman selling fish in a market in Jakarta. Small-scale fisherfolk supply up to 25 percent of the total world food catch and provide more than half of all fish available for human consumption in Asia...

IndiaWomen trainees from the Farm Science Centre practice collecting prawn seeds in the backwaters of the Arabian Sea on Vypeen Island near Cochin. They will sort the seeds for selective stocking of local...

ChinaBarley covered with dew at the County Agro-technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic activity in recent years has led to a revital...

ChinaA technician applies fertilizer to an experimental field of rice at the Country Agro-Technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan province. It is part of China's improved agricultural programm...

GrenadaUnloading the catch from a fishing boat onto a beach near St. George. - - Artisan Fisheries Development. The Government of Grenada's Ministry of Fisheries is improving the living standards of artisan...

ChinaVarious kinds of wheat are grown in an experimental plot at the County Agro-technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic activity in...

ChinaWheat aphids and the damage they cause are examined at the County Agro-technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic activity in recen...

ChinaAgricultural technicians show farmers new techniques in horticulture, such as raising these melon seedlings in nurseries under plastic tunnels in Wuxian, Jiangsu Province. Farmers purchase these seedl...

ChinaA technician shows an improved wheat variety to a group of farmers at the County Agro-Technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic ac...

ChinaA farmer uses slurry, the by-product of biogas production which she has taken from the digestor on her land, on this field of rice in Shuangliu Sichuan province. It is an excellent organic fertilizer....

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...

PhilippinesAfter salting, herring (tolis tunsoy) are put out to dry at the small fishing village of Mercedes in the region of Camarines Norte. Improved handling methods and better hygiene are needed. - - General...

PhilippinesFreshening fish with seawater during long trip back to shore from fishing zones. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the country...

PhilippinesShrimp being cleaned for freezing at Food Terminals Inc. processing plant in Manila. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the cou...

PhilippinesWomen preparing shrimp for freezing at Food Terminals Inc. processing plant in Manila. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the c...

PhilippinesImproved method of selling fish at the wholesale market at Mercedes. The fish are displayed on an insulated ice table. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and...

PhilippinesSalting of fish (local name "abo") in brine vats at the small fishing village of Mercedes in the region of Camarines Norte. Improved handling methods and better hygiene are needed. - - General: Genera...

BrazilA fisherman stands in a pirogue with his catch of "surubi" (a river fish of the Siluroidea suborder) before taking it to market. - - Integrated Rural Development of Islands in the Sâ%o Francisco River...

BurundiSun-drying sardines fished from Lake Tanganyika. - - Monitoring Burundi's fish Stocks in Lake Tanganyika. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assisted Burundi's Service de pà?hes in 1977...

BurundiSale of fish at the central fish market of Bujumbura. - - Monitoring Burundi's fish Stocks in Lake Tanganyika. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assisted Burundi's Service de pà?hes in...

MaliBaskets of smoked fish, mainly threadfins, on sale at the port market of Mopti on the Bani river, near its confluence with the Niger river. - - WFP Assistance to "Operation Pà?he".

GhanaA young fish vendor in the market at Akosombo. Since completion of the dam in 1965 catches have grown from a few thousand tons to sixty thousand tons. - - Volta Lake Research. The construction of the...

ArmeniaFAO Project TCP/ARM/3202 (08/VI/ARM/212): Input supply to vulnerable populations under the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices. Project objectives: To maintain livelihoods and food security of the most...

ItalyVarieties of fish and shell fish on sale at a market stall.