BhutanLarge scale production of compost and manure for sustainable organic farming. - -

BhutanField of wheat grown with organic manure only. It is sustainable but the yield is low and could be doubled with fertilizer. - -

NicaraguaTechnicians checking soil at a rice experimentation plot. - - Yield Increase Through the Use of Fertilizers and their Inputs.: GCPE/NIC/015/NOR. This project of the Food and Agricu1ture Organization o...

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...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Rice cultivation at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). - - Raising Food Crop Production through Adequate Use of Fertilizer: GCPF/BOL/018/NET. Fertilizer consumption in Bolivia i...

TuvaluA woman farmer with freshly picked pumpkin. Unlike other vegetables, the pumpkin does not have to be picked and eaten immediately, so it is a good food for times when nothing else is available. Tips o...

TuvaluA woman stripping taro which she will then cut up and cook. She will also serve healthy taro leaves and sweet red peppers with the meal to add flavour. Improved methods for cooking fresh vegetables ha...

NepalCarp of good marketable size which have just been harvested from one of the ponds at the Pipley fish culture station in the Hetaura plain. - - Inland Fisheries Development. Due to the scarcity of meat...