HungaryHarvesting maize cobs for human consumption. Family members participate in this small family enterprise. - - General: General.

CambodiaLoading rice bags onto lorry. - - FAO/OSRO project. Through the efforts of consultants and extension workers the Project is carrying out fertilizer demonstrations in several provinces of Cambodia. The...

CambodiaLoading sacks of rice onto lorry. - - FAO/OSRO Project. Through the efforts of consultants and extension workers the Project is carrying out fertilizer demonstrations in several provinces of Cambodia....

SenegalSale of bread at the roadside. - - Integrated Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Project for the Development of Four Villages.: SEN/87/027. Integrated agro-silvo-pastoral project for the development of four villages...

ZambiaFarm women shelling maize by the traditional method. - - Marketing Mangement Assistance for Food Security: GCPS/ZAM/048/NET. The project is funded by Government of the Netherlands and implemented by t...

ZambiaFarm woman cooking maize porridge (nshima) on an open fire. - - Marketing Management Assistance for Food Security: GCPS/ZAM/048/NET. The project is funded by Government of the Netherlands and implemen...

ZambiaPreparation of a traditional meal by hand-pounding maize grains into meal which is subsequenlty cooked into a maize porridge (nshima). - - Marketing Management Assistance for Food Security: GCPS/ZAM/0...

UgandaWoman sorting drying corn with her grandchildren. Illiterate, she asked a visitor to explain what her son, a schoolteacher, had written on the building behind her. - - General: General.

JordanA close-up of fertile soil that has been prepared for planting chick peas. Farmers who have been using a medic/cereal rotation for many years find they gain other benefits such as increased fertility...

EcuadorSegregating populations from crosses among temperate and Andean maizes, Santa Catalina agricultural station near Quito. - - FAO in Nepal.

AlgeriaA close-up of maize chopped by a silo cutter at the Stock-raising Service Cooperative (COOPSEL), Draa Ben Khedda. - - Training and Extension: ALG/83/002. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U...

TunisiaWheat harvest being checked and bagged at one of many collection depots by National Wheat Board workers - a typical scene along Tunisian roads in June. 1987 was a bumper year for Tunisia, the average...

EthiopiaFarmers threshing barley with the help of draught horses and cattle. Barley is a very adaptable and a hardy cereal able to withstand the frequent droughts that can devastate Ethiopia. - - General: Gen...

GhanaGrains of corn being examined at the government owned Winneba Farm in the Accra area in the south of Ghana. - - Post Harvest and Food Storage Control. A joint project between FAO and the Government of...

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....

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

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Donkeys are used as a traditional method of transporting wheat harvest from field to market. - - Pilot Village Rural Development. The village of Dusadj was destroyed by an earthquake in 1962. During t...

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...