TunisiaControlled grazing of sheep on a fenced parcel of land some 50 km west of Gabes. This demonstration will show the extent to which vegetation is degraded by grazing. The sheep are marked to indicate th...

ChinaA husband and wife having lunch with their family in their house at the Ma-Lu Commune. The wife is a leader of a farming Production Team and her husband works in a small industrial factory. - - The Ma...

SudanA mechanized harvester in operation. - - General: General.

SomaliaIrrigation is an important element in the production of bananas on a state-owned plantation about 130km southwest of Mogadiscio. Workers receive WFP rations. - - Agricultural Development. The purpose...

TunisiaIrrigation demonstration. - - General: General.

AlgeriaLand reclamation through reforestation near Ain Beida, about 110 km. southeast of Constantine. Workers are planting young seedlings of Pinus Halepensis in an arid region. The seedlings are carried par...

Threshing the harvest in West Africa. To meet the ever-growing demand for food, it is essential to introduce mechanisation and modern methods into agriculture. - - Population Growth Versus Economic De...

AlgeriaA team of workers planting seedlings of Pinus Halepensis in a largely arid region near Ain Beida, about 110 km. southeast of Constantine. An earlier successful attempt at land reclamation in this regi...

JamaicaDonkey with panniers containing coffee cherries in the North Clarendon area. - - North Clarendon Rural Development. Judged by the criterion of economic growth, Jamaica is well on the road to prosperit...

AlgeriaShepherd with his flock of sheep on the p1ains which are part of the WFP assisted Boulhilet farm - the rura1 development centre, 70 km. south of Constantine. - - Reforestation and Rural Development. T...

YemenFarmers harvesting their first crop of Dutch potatoes which were introduced experimentally on the FAO farm at Makroug near Ibb in the Highlands. - - Assistance to one of the Sixth Least Developed Coun...

JamaicaBreadfruit is cultivated for market in the North Clarendon area. The fruit is of Artocarpus altisis, a tree of the family Moraceae. It is not a fruit in the popular sense since it contains considerabl...

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...

YemenClose-up of one of the farmers working at the Wadi Zabid experimental farm in the Lowlands region. He is carrying a 'grub' hoe. - - Assistance to One of the Sixth Least Developed Countries in the Worl...

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...

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...

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...

ParaguayThe IguasË?Falls, at a point on the Parana river where the borders of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet, are the largest in the western hemisphere. They are in a region of tropical rain forests rich...

AfghanistanSmall tree plants are covered with canvas to protect them from the sun at the Government Forestry Farm near Gardez. The water slowly drips through the canvas onto the plants. - - Food Assistance to Pa...

MexicoVolunteers are seen laying a piece of the irrigation canal. - - Rural Works Programme (WFP). Since 1966 the UN/FAO World Food Programme has committed food worth more than $21 million to assist the Nat...

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)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 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...

AfghanistanReconstruction of a traditional water-wheel used for raising water. It was made at the Government Professional School near the village of Gardez. - - Food Assistance to Paktia Development Corps and Co...

BrazilPart of a demonstration of the Fertilizer Programme on irrigated rice. This very healthy growth is at Leopoldina in the south east of Minas Gerais. - - FFHC/Action for Development of the Fertilizer Pr...

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....

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...

SenegalWorking on an underground irrigation channel near the pilot village of Dusadj. - - Haymaking and cattle feeding.. Peuls are semi-nomadic pastoralists in the north of Senegal. They depend mainly on sto...

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...

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...

CyprusTwo eggs in one! Hen an exceptionally large egg (right) was broken it was found to contain, besides a yolk. Another whole egg complete with shell and yolk. - - Improved mixed farming.. The Cyprus Gove...

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...

SloveniaWoman herding her cows. - - Pilot land reclamation on the Lower Neretva.. The Government of Yugoslavia is carrying out a series of investigations on a pilot polder of 3,700 hectares in order to determ...

JordanProject workers constructing terraces on a site only a few kilometers from Amman. - - Soil conservation and olive tree planting (WFP).: 183. World Food Programme is providing commodities worth more th...

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...

EcuadorFarmers in an Andean village try out a Japanese plough, which was donated for demonstration purposes by French schoolchildren trough the Freedom from Hunger Campaign. - - The Andean mission.. The Miss...

MexicoA Mexican government agricultural extension worker in a demonstration plot of hybrid corn. - - General: General.