NepalA worker at the Nepal Vegetable Development Division outside Kathmandu examines new, bigger varieties of white and red radishes grown on the Division's demonstration plots. - - Vegetable and Seed Prog...

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...

MoroccoInside a barrier around stabilized sand dunes, palm and tamarisk trees have been planted and are growing well. - - Fight Against Sand Dune Encroachment. This FAO project aims at assisting the Governme...

PeruA worker plants "Q'enua" (Polylepis) in a community nursery. FAO is helping reforest Peru with this native source of fuel wood and rustic building material. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. T...

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...

EcuadorWomen farmers admire the bigger potatoes grown by an FAO extensionist in a demonstration plot beside their poor crop planted by traditional, input methods. - - General: General. The UN Food and Agricu...

Guinea-BissauPapayas are one of the fruit crops grown at an FAO project site for experimental horticulture plantations. - - Horticulture Expansion/Green Belt. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na...

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...

Guinea-BissauBananas are one of the fruit crops grown at an FAO project site for experimental horticulture plantations. - - Horticulture Expansion/Green Belt. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na...

NigerMan planting a tree. The stonewall behind protects it, acting as a windbreak. - - Developing the Agricultural Potential of Tahoua Department. Tahoua Department is situated partly in the Sahel, partly...

Syrian Arab RepublicCrop of cucumbers in greenhouse built under the supervision of Syrian agronomists trained by FAO horticulturists. Cucumbers are very susceptible to fluctuations in temperature and heating in necessary...

DominicaMost vegetables, like these cabbages, are grown for local consumption. - - Post-Hurricane Aid. The tiny Caribbean island republic of Dominica was barely emerging from the wreckage of hurricane David,...

Syrian Arab RepublicSeedlings raised in containers filled with enriched peat. - - Out of Season Vegetable Production. In 1977, the Government of Syria, with the assistance of FAO/UNDP, began the construction of plastic g...

YemenA flock of Guinea fowl. In the background, a woman is pounding dried meat. - - Development of the Sourou Valley. The government of Burkina Faso has declared the development of the Sourou Valley top pr...

YemenMillet production in the Sourou Valley is aided by irrigation. - - Development of the Sourou Valley. The government of Burkina Faso has declared the development of the Sourou Valley top priority. In 1...

Syrian Arab RepublicGreenhouse tomatoes being sorted and packed into boxes for market. - - Out of Season Vegetable Production. In 1977, the Government of Syria, with the assistance of FAO/UNDP, began the construction of...

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...

Syrian Arab RepublicCourgettes from the project being packed into large crates for the local market. - - Out of Season Vegetable Production. In 1977, the Government of Syria, with the assistance of FAO/UNDP, began the co...

ChinaTechnicians at the Mizhi County experiment station have obtained good results with a new fodder legume, Astragalus (milk vetch), which is also used as mulch for apple trees. - - Soil and Water Conserv...

PeruA farmer harvesting rice in Moyobamba Province in the region of San Martin. The Peruvian government is promoting settlement and rural development in the region by a variety of means, including loans t...

PortugalPapaya tree. - - General: General.

MauritaniaWomen rewarded with some success in their attempts to grow vegetables in the middle of the desert. They carry water long distances from the few remaining water holes. - - Food Shortages Threaten Afric...

MyanmarEggplant farmer in lower Burma. This is an area with no access to irrigation water so it has to be transported. - - General: General. Burma is faced with an increasing shortage of fuel wood, due to pr...

CongoA head of hybrid maize growing at the Owanda Experimental Centre. - - Assistance to Coffee Development. This FAO project is designed to assist the government in the promotion of coffee as a cash crop....

MyanmarGirl worker watering crop on a jasmine farm. Jasmine production is a highly lucrative floriculture practiced by many farmers in the lower Burma area for sale in the markets of Rangoon. Flowers are a c...

IndiaWomen planting rice seedlings in well-tended terraces in the Himalayan foothills near the capital, Gangtok. - - Rice Cultivation. Sikkim lies on the southern slopes of the Himalayas between Nepal and...

NepalWild mountain wheat in the Himalayas. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situations is in Nepal where forests, up to heights of 2 000 m have totally disap...

SenegalClose-up of a head of millet. - - General: General.

EcuadorWorker weeding at government tree nursery at Nagsiche in Cotopaxi Province. The nursery supplies tree seedlings (Pinus radiata and cypress) for afforestation cooperatives. - - WFP Assistance to Commu...

EcuadorVillagers of El Chilco de la Merced (3 200 m) in the province of Imbabura, prepare to plant trees on the hillside of the altiplano, part of an afforestation project using Pinus radiata. This work is c...

BhutanFarmers harvesting rice in the valley of Paro. - - WFP Aid to Bhutan. Bhutan, one of the Least Developed Countries, its situated in the north-eastern Himalayas between the Tibetan plateau and the Assa...

EcuadorYoung village woman filling bucket with water at new communal tap at Llactahurco in Cotopaxi Province. This facility was built as part of community development through the traditional Indian system of...

ThailandGood maize crop grown in pilot demonstration area of Mai Sa. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of land for cultivation are rapidly destroying...

TunisiaVegetables in a market. - - Experiments and Demonstration on the Production of Selected Tree Crops, Forage and Livestock. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in Tunisia is held to be productive, b...

EswatiniUnloading immense piles of grapefruit at the Libbys Fruit Canning Company. - - Rural Life. Swazi1and is a compact land-1ocked country with a popu1ation estimated at 575,500 in 1974. The nation is a me...

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...

EswatiniA progressive young Swazi coup1e working together on their irrigated vegetab1e p1ot. - - Rural Life. Swazi1and is a compact land-1ocked country with a popu1ation estimated at 575,500 in 1974. The nati...

BurundiExtension agent admiring fine bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris) he has taught this farmer how to grow, using fertilizer for the first time. - - Rural Development. In order to improve the agricultura1 t...

TunisiaDiscussion between an extension agent and a farmer. - - Reforestation Institute.. The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Programme (Special Fund)...

CyprusSpring crop potatoes picked by two Cypriot women in a field in the Kouris river delta. - - Akrotiri Groundwater Development in Cyprus. The UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has assisted the G...

LebanonA rich potato harvest at a farm about 15 km from Zahle, in the Bekaa region. - - Operation Seed Potato in Lebanon. The potato is an important food crop in Lebanon and normally the farmers import abou...

TunisiaA woman gathering her harvest of broad beans. - - Experiments and Demonstration on the Production of Selected Tree Crops, Forage and Livestock. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in Tunisia is he...

CyprusSpring crop potatoes picked by two Cypriot women in a field in the Kouris river delta. - - Akrotiri Groundwater Development in Cyprus. The UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has assisted the G...

IndiaWomen workers in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India engaged on the growing and harvesting of scented geraniums which are used in the perfume industry. - - Production of Fruit, Vegetables and Other Pr...

BangladeshA mobile veterinary clinic service brings improvements to the health of rural dairy animals belonging to small scale farmers. Here an EMPCUL a veterinary doctor injects a heifer suffering from an eye...

BangladeshDry season crops include soya beans with their high protein content - - Rural Improvement. Bangladesh is a fertile country capable of producing two or three crops of rice annually. FAO has assisted th...

SenegalCauliflower is one of the experimental vegetable crops grown at the Cambà?à?e Horticultural Centre, 15 km from Dakar. - - Centre for the Development of Horticulture. Horticultural crops in Senegal ha...

BangladeshFarmers learn new methods of sowing rice. - - Rural Improvement. Bangladesh is a fertile country capable of producing two or three crops of rice annually. FAO has assisted the Bangladesh International...

Sri LankaPicking tea at the Pattiyagama cooperative farm in the central highlands near Kandy. The cooperative receives WFP assistance. - - World Food Programme Assistance to Sri Lanka. The island of Sri Lanka...

ChinaA girl with a basket of round pears she has picked in an orchard at the Hua-Si Production Brigade. - - General: General. The total number of Communes throughout China has been estimated at 60,000 and...

ChinaGreenhouse production of vegetable seedlings. - - General: General. The "Long March" Commune, covering an area of some 1,000 ha. outside Shanghai, was founded in 1958. It consists of 14 Production Bri...

SudanBailing cotton. - - Cotton Production. The Sudan is one of the leading producers of cotton which is the country's major cash crop and provides about 67% of its total earnings of foreign exchange. The...

Sierra LeoneRice. - - General: General.

ChinaGir1s picking lettuce known as Chicken Feather. The lettuce has been inter-cropped with cabbage. - - The. The "Long March" Commune, covering an area of some 1,000 ha. outside Shanghai, was founded in...

SudanWorking with raw cotton. - - Cotton Production. The Sudan is one of the leading producers of cotton which is the country's major cash crop and provides about 67% of its total earnings of foreign excha...

PhilippinesWorkers prepare the ground of an old coconut plantation where trees have been felled for replanting at the San Ramon Centre. - - Coconut Research and Development. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organiz...

Sierra LeoneNyala University college field day introduces the peasant farmers to new crops such as soya beans. - - General: General.

SudanFreshly harvested onions. - - General: General.

TunisiaHigh yielding varieties of wheat. - - General: General.

TunisiaHigh yielding variety of Mexican wheat growing at the Ouled M'Hamed experimental and demonstration centre in Central Tunisia. - - General: General.

EthiopiaWorkers engaged in the production of coffee in the Wollamo sub-province. - - Wollamo Agricultural Development Project. The economy of Ethiopia is primarily agricultural and pastoral, with most of the...

PhilippinesFarmers rake the bed of a paddy field at Angar near Manila in preparation for p1anting. This is part of a 40,000 ha. area being brought under irrigation by a Government scheme. - - Agricultural Produc...

YemenFarm boys ho1d a sugar beet weighing 3.5 kg. which was grown on the experimenta1 farm south of Taiz and which wi11 be used as fodder. The growing of sugar beet was introduced by UN vo1unteers. - - UN...

EthiopiaCoffee beans are being sun-dried in the Wollamo sub-province. - - Wollamo Agricultural Development Project. The economy of Ethiopia is primarily agricultural and pastoral, with most of the population...

TunisiaExtension worker monitoring crop growth of wheat field. - - General: General.

More mouths to feed mean that more land must be brought under cultivation. A farmer and his wife in East Africa examine the new crops they have harvested. - - Population Growth Versus Economic Develop...

TunisiaClose-up of an orange being harvested from a tree. - - General: General.

EthiopiaA crop of good coffee cherries at Jimma Agaro. - - Coffee Cultivation. Ethiopia's most important cash crop is coffee, which provides an annual export va1ue of over Eth$ 150,000,000. Several varieties...

TunisiaGood yield of artichokes. - - General: General.

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Grain milling by hand in Dusadj. - - Pilot Village Rural Development. The village of Dusadj was destroyed by an earthquake in 1962. During the course of reconstruction by volunteers of a European work...

AfghanistanSunflower cultivation at the Government Experimental Nursery. - - Food Assistance to Paktia Development Corps and Community Words.. The province of Paktia, which borders Pakistan, covers about one six...

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...

AfghanistanVineyard workers in the Kog-Ikaman Valley vigorously dig deeper around their vines so that the soil will hold water longer and produce more and better grapes. - - Swedish Financed Project. The project...

IndonesiaPloughing of wet rice fields. - - FFHC, Fertilizer Programme. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers of the importance of using fertilizer. A farmer is given fertilizer and i...

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,...

ItalyClose-up of peach with sterile fruit fly on it. - - IAEA/FAO Mediterranean Fruit Fly Eradication Project.. Italy, July 1967. Capri is the site of an attempt to exterminate the Mediterranean fruit fly...

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...

IndonesiaHarvesting ripe IR5 rice. - - FFHC, Fertilizer Programme. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers of the importance of using fertilizer. A farmer is given fertilizer and impro...

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...

IndonesiaTwo radio announcers of Jogjakarta taping interviews for a programme on agricultural vents during the harvest of a fertilizer demonstration plot. - - Freedom From Hunger campaign Fertilizer programme....

EthiopiaCamels of the locust ground control team, loaded with BHC dust and dusters crossing the River Barca at Agordat. The ground control unit has eight camels and 21 men; they go out for up to a fortnight a...

IndonesiaA farmer sprinkles fertilizer evenly on the seedbed. - - Freedom From Hunger campaign Fertilizer programme.. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers of the importance of using...

EthiopiaDLCO-EA field worker dust with BHC. - - General: General.

MaltaTomatoes are being successfully grown in Malta by using the trough system, first introduced in Gurnsey eight years ago. Tomatoes are grown in only six inches of sterilized soil mixed with peat. This s...

SudanThe effects of badly controlled quantities of irrigation water a tobacco crop. - - Agricultural development in the Jebel Marra area. The United Nations Development Programme is financing a 5-year proj...

SudanHealthy tobacco plant. - - Agricultural development in the Jebel Marra area. The United Nations Development Programme is financing a 5-year project, in cooperation with the Government and executed by...

GuyanaClose-up: Cotton field. - - Rice genetics, (UNDP).. The Guyana rice industry had its birth in the final decade of the 19th century when the sugar industry was passing through a depression. Today, Guya...

IndonesiaLodged rice - - Freedom From Hunger campaign Fertilizer programme.. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers of the importance of using fertilizer. A farmer is given fertilizer...

GuyanaA variety of the new high-yielding rice which is being hailed as a miracle in Guyana. - - Rice genetics, (UNDP).. The Guyana rice industry had its birth in the final decade of the 19th century when th...

IndonesiaA group of Indonesian rice harvesters. - - Freedom From Hunger campaign Fertilizer programme.. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers of the importance of using fertilizer. A...

JamaicaHugh Harries, botanist and plant breeder with the Coconut Industry Board, examines healthy coconuts in an experimental grove at Clifton Hill. - - Research on Lethal Yellowing Disease of Coconuts. Ever...

SudanLoading up a hay-cart supplied through FAO/FFH. The hay will serve as cattle feed during the dry season when there is insufficient pasture feeding. - - Haymaking and cattle feeding.. Peuls are semi-no...

IndonesiaA group of Indonesian rice harvesters. - - Freedom From Hunger campaign Fertilizer programme.. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers of the importance of using fertilizer. A...

IndonesiaDried paddy being wrapped into bunches. - - Rice Growing in Java.. Central Java is one of the most heavily populated rural areas in the world. In some parts, the demographic density reaches 1,500 inha...

SudanAfter the hay is mown it is raked into bundles in readiness for the hay-cart. - - Haymaking and cattle feeding.. Peuls are semi-nomadic pastoralists in the north of Senegal. They depend mainly on stoc...

IndonesiaIndonesian farmers examine mature IR5 rice from a trial and demonstration plot. - - Freedom From Hunger campaign Fertilizer programme.. Demonstration plots are an effective means of convincing farmers...

MadagascarFarmers cultivating soy as fodder for cattle. - - General: General. The Government of the large island of Madagascar is very aware of the need to improve the state of its people, many of whom are livi...

MadagascarFarmers cultivating soya as fodder for cattle. - - General: General. The Government of the large island of Madagascar is very aware of the need to improve the state of its people, many of whom are liv...