United Republic of TanzaniaThe nutritional well-being of all household members is one of the project's main goals. The households at high risk are assisted with agricultural inputs, extension services, counselling and training...

MALAWIElderly farm woman with her grandson. - - General: General.

PanamaA poor farming family in their vegetable garden. - - General: General.

CameroonScene in a pygmy village. - - General: General.

AlbaniaReturning home with a cartload of stover (corn stalks) that will be used to feed the cattle as roughage. The horse and cart are currently still used as a means of transport for both goods and people i...

AlbaniaBullock-drawn cart hauling forage back to farmhouse, with driver leading them. - - Strengthening Agricultural Policy Analysis and Management Capabilility in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture: GCP/...

RwandaCloseup of market vendor holding her small son in one arm and bunch of bananas in the other. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

RwandaRural Rwandans in the western region line up for coupons which they will redeem for bags of bean and maize seed provided by the FAO as part of a campaign to rehabilitate agriculture in the war-ravaged...

UgandaMan transporting traditional drums by bicycle. They are made from a wood locally known as Modotani, a wood which is very resonant and therefore ideal for the manufacture of musical instruments. - - Ge...

ComorosAccess to potable water is not a matter of course on the island of Anjouan. Here a young mother washes her baby under new public water tap. - - General: General.

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.

UgandaMen getting off a truck, normally used to transport plantains, for food at a roadside market near Mbarara. - - General: General.

United Republic of TanzaniaThe nutritional well-being of all household members is one of the main goals of the project. The households at high risk are assisted with agricultural inputs, extension services, counselling and trai...

RwandaMother bearing a heavy headload carries her child on hip. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided Rwandan farmers with...

RwandaChildren carrying firewood on their heads along road in Rwandan countryside. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided R...

RwandaMan and woman carrying head loads along a country road. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided Rwandan farmers with t...

RwandaWoman carrying head load along a country trail. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided Rwandan farmers with tons of b...

RwandaWoman carrying container of water on her head. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided Rwandan farmers with tons of be...

RwandaCloseup of a young girl. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided Rwandan farmers with tons of beans, vegetables, maize...

IndiaMother with child. - - Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP): GCP/RAS/118/MUL (BOBP). The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), started in 1979 with headquarters in Madras, India, seeks to help small-scale fisherf...

El SalvadorThe project, Master Plan for Agricultural and Fishery Development (TCP/ELS/2353), will produce and help execute a development plan. Family seen in photo lives in the project area. Eventually, when the...

MyanmarMother washing her small child near the road side. - - General: General.

NepalElderly woman and her grandchild in home garden. - - General: General.

Burkina FasoA close-up of a woman carrying kernels of the fruit of Butyrospermum which will be made into Shea butter. - - General: Genreal.

ThailandYoung mother and child of the Lisu in Northern Thailand. The Lisu are one of the country's seven major hill tribes. All seven are easily distinguishable by their colour and different home-made attire....

NepalA child farmer of Kavre district. Note the typical large basket on her shoulders. - - Shivapuri Integrated Watershed Development Project: GCP/NEP/049/NET. Shivapuri is one of the main sources of drink...

EcuadorWomen of the Usig Indian community bringing their products to the weekly market at Guamote in Chimborazo Province. - - General: Genreal.

EcuadorA general view of Guamote in the Province of Chimborazo. - - General: General.

PanamaFarmer uses a boat to get to and from an FAO project situated on Nargana Island which is inhabited by a community of Kuna Indians. - - Horticulture Associated with School Gardens: TCP/PAN/0051. This p...

EgyptThrough the project rural women are taught how to produce food hygienically in their household kitchens. - - Nutrition Surveillance and Improvement Project: TCP/EGY/057. This project is conducting a n...

IndiaWomen builders working at a construction site. - - General: General.

GuineaNursing mothers attending class on nutritional education. With the aid of posters, they are taught what ingredients to use, and how to prepare baby food on which they will be able to wean their infant...

EgyptThrough the project rural women rural women are taught how to produce food hygienically in their household kitchens. - - Nutrition Surveillance and Improvement Project: TCP/EGY/057. This project is co...

NigerChildren at a Koranic school. - - General: General.

BrazilClose-up of small child standing at door of farmhouse. His siblings are visible in the background. - - General: General.

BrazilConstruction of a brick kiln. - - Forestry Action Programme for Rio Grande do Norte State: UNDP/FAO/BRA/87/007. The annual demand for fuelwood and charcoal in Rio Grande do Norte State, designed for i...

IndonesiaHomeless children sitting on a railway track in the slums of Jakarta. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking to help governments identify policies and programmes...

Burkina FasoWomen grind maize and sorghum at their communal grinding block in a small village near Slimigou. Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world and possesses few natural resources. Several p...

United Republic of TanzaniaGovernment agents organize a massive village information campaign during the population/family life education programme. - - FAO Population Programme. The Population Programme of the Food and Agricult...

IndiaA woman drawing drinking water from a village pump in northern India. In the background is a public toilet. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is helping many developing countries t...

GuatemalaA village market with fruit and vegetables for sale. - - Training Home Improvement Workers (FAO/UNFPA). Guatemala has a natural increase in population of 3.5 percent a year which means population will...

GuatemalaA young Indian woman with two of her children. Families of flower cultivators such as this may, with better cash incomes, decide to have fewer children and a higher standard of living. - - Training Ho...

Sri LankaThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations's Programme for Community Action for Disadvantaged Rural Women, extends to the tea estates in Sri Lanka where women learn new skills in orde...

BhutanMan made terraces blanket the Valley of Thimphu in the central highlands of Bhutan. Farmers here alternate the growing of rice, wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables in the terraced fields. - - Fores...

EthiopiaChildren in a small village south of Addis Ababa. - - General: General.

BhutanMeat for sale in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Today, under "family farming", China's basic agricultural strategy, families who have fulfilled their status quota for a crop in their region, may do other...

BhutanWomen workers sort and clean mushrooms at the FAO assisted mushroom production centre at Phuntsholing. Mushrooms were almost unknown in Bhutan until recently, now they are an important crop and more c...

MexicoFarmers are building a rural house. - - General: General. Acute rural poverty is wide spread in the mountainous State of Oxaca in the south-centre of Mexico. The Ministry of Agriculture and Water Reso...

MexicoPlanting coffee beans in a coffee nursery that is being helped by a project effort to rehabilitate the rural coffee industry. - - General: General. Acute rural poverty is wide spread in the mountainou...

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...

PanamaAn anti-measles vaccine is administered to Guaymi Indian babies at a school in the Veraguas Province. Improved health care is a major concern of the project. - - Rural Development for Guaymi Communiti...

BhutanFarming families at work in the terraced fields of the Valley of Thimphu in the central highlands of Bhutan. Helping one another transplant and harvest the rice crop is an ancient tradition among Bhut...

Burkina FasoLocal blacksmith at work. - - Development of the Sourou Valley. The Government of Burkina Faso has declared the development of the Sourou Valley of first priority. In 1984, construction was begun on a...

MadagascarBananas being loaded onto truck for transportation. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a...

MadagascarWoman weaving basket. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a source of income for the inha...

MadagascarFishponds with outlets. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a source of income for the in...

MadagascarRice on irrigated terraces. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a source of income for th...

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...

NigerBamboo being carried to a construction site. - - Developing the Agricultural Potential of Tahoua Department. Tahoua Department is situated partly in the Sahel, partly in the Sahara. Since 1968, it has...

BeninThe traditional shape of fish-smoking pits was round. Although advisors considered that shape less efficient than a square, some cooperatives continued to follow tradition. - - Improving Techniques in...

PeruAn extension agent explains how to make slow-forming terraces, which require deep topsoil and consist of a series of walls built across the slope and heightening as they begin to fill in. - - Soil Con...

PeruThis erosion box is a teaching aid, which demonstrates, in miniature, the erosive effect of water on different soil contours. - - Soil Conservation in the Andes. Terraced agriculture was practiced on...

BeninClose-up of child eating sugar cane. - - General: General.

ZimbabweA display of agricultural implements produced in the FAO blacksmithing course at the Agricultural Institute of Engineering, Harare. - - Blacksmith Training Project. The training of blacksmiths, at the...

Dominican RepublicThe local butcher in San Francisco. - - General: General.

ZimbabweAn instructor demonstrates how to bend mild steel at the Harare Agricultural Institute of Engineering. - - Blacksmith Training Project. The training of blacksmiths, at the Agricultural Institute of En...

ChinaA typical yard of a farm family in the area. Sometimes it is a multi-family compound, including several houses, stables and fodder and grain storage. - - Soil and Water Conservation in the Loess Regio...

Dominican RepublicA mother and children in Los Barrancones, a slum area northeast of Santo Domingo, where 70 children died of typhus in November 1984. - - General: General.

NigerAccustomed to open spaces, the once wide-ranging Bororo retain some of their habits, such as cooking outside on portable stoves. - - Developing the Agricultural Potential of Tahoua Department. Tahoua...

BeninOne of the steps in the processing of fish. - - Improving Techniques in Fish-Processing Cooperatives. Fish have always been an important element in the Benin diet. Yet national fish production has fal...

ParaguayThe farmers' traditional caretta is still the most common means of transporting people, produce and other heavy loads in the rural areas of Paraguay. But the people are also adopting new equipment and...

Sri LankaA man climbing up a tall palm tree to harvest coconuts. - - General: General.

MauritaniaWomen working on the design for the decoration of a nomad tent. - - Food Shortages Threaten African Countries in the Sahel. The food supply outlook for Africa in 1984 remains serious with many countri...

KenyaDistribution of maize supplied through the EEC to farmers in the semi-arid area of Turkana. - - Multilateral Aid. The European Economic Community is assisting the government with food aid for people i...

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...

EcuadorAn Indian woman making the base of a small decorative basket in the Salasaca region. - - Integrated Rural Development. A UNDP/FAO project is helping the government develop its agricultural sector thro...

SomaliaA couple till land using traditional method of ploughing with a camel in the semi-arid zone near Burao in Somalia. - - General: General. Over half a million people have been displaced as a consequence...

ThailandScene of a typical floating market in Bangkok. - - General: General.

NicaraguaThis farmer's shack is typical of the poor living conditions in rural areas. - - General: General.

KenyaThe EEC is providing maize to people in the Turkana area. - - Multilateral Aid. The European Economic Community is assisting the government with food aid for people in the agriculturally poor area of...

BhutanEating lunch (bulgur and vegetables) at the Ura Primary School, 315 km east of Thimphu. - - General: General. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the northeastern Himalayas between the Tibetan...

HaitiPiles of "Lambi", (vernacular name in Haiti for the conch) an edible shellfish. - - WFP Assistance to Rural Development and Vulnerable Groups. One of the world's poorest countries, Haiti, is a small,...

HaitiYoung man selling bananas. - - WFP Assistance to Rural Development and Vulnerable Groups. One of the world's poorest countries, Haiti, is a small, largely rocky and mountainous island in the Caribbean...

PhilippinesFilipino children with aquaculture pond in the background in Lucena City, Luzon. - - FAO/UNDP South China Sea Development and Coordinating Programme (SCSP). The FAO/UNDP South China Sea Development an...

Democratic Republic of the CongoWFP food rations being distributed to the Elinguinawe pre-cooperative members. - - Rural Development Project No. 581. Within the context of the government's general plan for rural development which be...

HaitiScene along a road near Les Cayes. Donkeys are widely used as beasts of burden. - - WFP Assistance to Rural Development and Vulnerable Groups. One of the world?s poorest countries, Haiti, is a small,...

BhutanChildren washing under village water tap. - - WFP Assistance to Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the north-western Himalayas between the Tibetan plateau and the Assam-Bengal plains o...

ColombiaMembers of the cooperative receive payment after handing in their produce. The WFP Project helps the cooperative to accumulate funds. - - Complementary Feeding and Promotion of Small Income-Generating...

BhutanA pupil of the Punakha Central School, 76 km east of Thimphu, holds his rations following the lunch distribution. - - General: General. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the northeastern Hima...

BhutanA group of school children of the Ura Primary School, 315 km east of Thimphu. - - General: General. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the northeastern Himalayas between the Tibetan plateau an...

LesothoA gang of 6 men and 19 women, villagers of Tlali, working to convert a bridle path into a 15 km road for 4-wheel drive vehicles. - - Soil Erosion in Lesotho. A small land-locked country, Lesotho has o...

BhutanDistribution of lunch (bulgar and vegetables) to schoolchildren of the Ura Prmary School, 315 km east of Thimphu. - - General: General. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the northeastern Hima...

TogoWomen emptying water into a cement storage container, which they have collected from a nearby well. The water will be used for construction work. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this F...

TogoA millet mill in operation. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are mainly focused on farmers and the increase of agricultural product...

TogoMembers of a rural community sieving sand while working on construction of a village school. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are m...

BeninLake Ganvie - a short drive from Cotonou - is famous for its wooden houses built on stilts over the shallow waters. It is rapid1y becoming a tourist attraction. WFP photo by J. Van Acker (see card fo...

TogoBlind village chief sitting outside his dwelling. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are mainly focused on farmers and the increase o...

TogoChildren bathing while animals are drinking in the same stream. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are mainly focused on farmers and...

TogoYams on sale at market near Sokodà? - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are mainly focused on farmers and the increase of agricultural...

EthiopiaA family huddles in a makeshift shelter at the Ebanat camp, in the Bedemder region, 140 southeast of Gondar, where about 3,000 families of refugees came running away from drought.Each family receives...