EgyptThe Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture at Manoufya Governorate operates afforestation nurseries which provide seedlings to farmers. They will be used to plant windbreaks for protectin...

NicaraguaWorkers at the project nursery sorting eucalyptus seedlings. These fast-growing trees are used extensively in project areas. - - Conservation of Natural Resources: GCP/NIC/019/NET. This agro-forestry...

BrazilNursery for fuelwood production: preparation of containers for eucalyptus seedlings. - - Forestry Action Programme for Rio Grande do Norte State.

ThailandFarmers of the plains of nrthern Thailand transplanting upland rice seedlings. - - Over the past few decades the Thailand has made such impressive advances in overall development that it is believed t...

Cabo VerdePreparation of crescent-shaped basins for planting prosopis seedlings. The system forms a network of small sloping basins catching and holding water for each tree. - - Forestry Development/Reforestati...

MaliA boy transplanting rice seedlings of a high-yielding variety in an irrigated field near Mopti, one of the worst hit regions during recent droughts. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

BhutanA young farmer transplants rice in the rain outside a village in the Valley of Paro in the central highlands of Bhutan. Bhutan is famous for its "red rice", grown only on terraces in the mountain vall...

PanamaCommunity members fill seedlings bags with soil at a Guaymi community tree nursery, established with the project's help. The pine seedlings are being planted as part of a reforestation effort already...

PeruWorkers in one of the 11 FAO assisted community forest nurseries near Huarez tending Molle, a drought-resistant native tree that grows well in poor soil and arid climates. Molle is one of several nati...

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...

MauritaniaHomes, which will soon be totally covered by shifting sand. - - Sand Dune Fixation. Mauritania, one of the countries most vulnerable to sand silting and dune movement, is ecologically predisposed to A...

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...

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...

GrenadaSprinkler irrigating cinnamon seedlings at the Mirabeau Agricultural Research Station, near Pearls. - - Agricultural Development. Grenada, the most southerly of the Windward Islands, has long had to s...

NigerDense plantations of trees are used to stabilize mobile dunes. Seedlings are protected by done fences made of woven, dried millet stalks. - - The Keita Integrated Development Project: GCP/NER/028/ITA....

MyanmarWorkers weeding Chir pine seedlings at the Maymyo Forest Department Nursery, which will be used in reforestation plantations. - - General: General. Burma is faced with an increasing shortage of fuel w...

NepalGirl watering pine seedlings at Kaul Thana tree nursery near Kathmandu. - - Wood for energy: Wood for energy. FAO is involved in helping the Government overcome critical problems of deforestation and...

NepalA potted seedling in a forest nursery in as part of a wood for energy project. FAO is involved in helping the Government overcome critical problems of deforestation and fuel wood shortage through a na...

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...

NepalAn old Gurung peasant farmer tends a newly planted pine tree as part of a village community forestry project. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situation...

NepalFarmers planting young pine trees as part of a community forestry development project in the Himalayan foothills. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situa...

NepalBuffaloes used to till rice fields in the plains need 40 kg of fodder per day. The search for animal feed (traditionally young tree leaves) is denuding the hillsides of the natural tree cover. - - Gen...

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...

ThailandForest nursery in the Mai Sa project area to provide seedlings for reforestation of bare and eroded land. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...

IndiaWomen workers digging up rice seedlings prior to transplantation near Mysore in southern India. - - Production of Fruit, Vegetables and Other Primary Industries. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries ac...

LesothoWomen carrying boxes of pine seedlings to be transplanted as part of a reforestation programme in Lesotho. - - General: General.

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...

Viet NamA truck is loaded with boxes of Pinus Kesiya seedlings at a nursery near Da Lat. The seedlings will be planted as part of a reforestation project in the Da Lat region. Workers receive WFP rations. - -...

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...

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...

ChileBy 1971, CORA planted some 68 million tree seedlings including "Pinus radiata", which has a remarkable ability to flourish under poor conditions. This hillside near Lumaco is part of the reforestation...

ChileBy 1971, CORA had planted some 68 million tree seedlings including "Pinus radiata" which has a remarkable ability to flourish under poor conditions. This hillside near Lumaco is part of the reforestat...

TunisiaWorker on an experimental pine plantation in northern Tunisia holding pine seedlings in his hand. - - Reforestation Institute. The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government an...

TunisiaPine seedlings in plastic bags ready for transplanting at a pine nursery. - - Reforestation Institute. The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Pro...

YemenNursery beds at the main nursery at Ossyfera. This nursery was improved by the project through the addition of more nursery beds and an irrigation system. Here, thousands of seedlings are produed for...

LEBANONOSRO/LEB/703/UNJ - Title: Integrated forest management, prevention and control and assessment and rehabilitation of damaged forests. Objectives: Support early recovery and poverty alleviation through...

LEBANONOSRO/LEB/703/UNJ - Title: Integrated forest management, prevention and control and assessment and rehabilitation of damaged forests. Objectives: Support early recovery and poverty alleviation through...

LEBANONOSRO/LEB/701/UNJ - Title: Early Recovery Assistance for the Agriculture Small-holder. Objectives: The development goal of the project is to improve horticulture practices in Lebanon by improving culti...

LebanonOSRO/LEB/701/UNJ - Title: Early Recovery Assistance for the Agriculture Small-holder. Objectives: The development goal of the project is to improve horticulture practices in Lebanon by improving culti...

LebanonOSRO/LEB/701/UNJ - Title: Early Recovery Assistance for the Agriculture Small-holder. Objectives: The development goal of the project is to improve horticulture practices in Lebanon by improving culti...

LEBANONOSRO/LEB/701/UNJ - Title: Early Recovery Assistance for the Agriculture Small-holder. Objectives: The development goal of the project is to improve horticulture practices in Lebanon by improving culti...