EcuadorGrandfather and grandchild. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a poor Afr...

EcuadorSmall scale farmers tending their tomato plants. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve th...

EcuadorVegetation in the River Chota valley. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of...

EcuadorFarmer tending his tomatoes. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a poor...

EcuadorNutrition training course: women are being taught how to prepare a dish using quinoa, a cereal rich in protein. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The a...

EcuadorFishing boats moored at low tide. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a po...

EcuadorFamilies washing their clothes in the River Chota. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve...

EcuadorFishing boats moored at low tide. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a po...

EgyptThe traditional method of pressing olives to make olive oil using a donkey-drawn olive press. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A)....

TogoA girl collecting sand for sale. The sand will be used to lay sardines out to dry. A pan of sand costs 50 CFA francs. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main inc...

TogoWoman in the fish-smoking area of the village, drying fish in the sun. It usually takes six hours. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating acti...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)FAO expert discussing farming methods for food security with local farmers. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Foo...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Farmers trying out a new machine to shell maize. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve th...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)FAO expert discussing farming methods for food security with local farmers. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Foo...

TogoWoman with a small straw broom, turning sardines that are drying the sun. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating activity of the women in the...

TogoWomen preparing smoked fish (karangue) for sale directly from the fish-smoking area in the village. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating act...

TogoYoung women preparing bags to transport smoked or sun-dried fish to market. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating activity of the women in th...

JordanA demonstration by an extension worker showing women farmers how to prune olive trees. The upkeep and harvesting of olive trees is often carried out by women on small farms because the trees are usual...

JordanTraditional method of ploughing between olive trees using a donkey to pull the plough. The project gives advice to farmers on ploughing. - - Assistance to Participatory Extension and Training for Oliv...

JordanGroup of women farmers being trained in pruning of olive trees by an extension worker. The upkeep and harvesting of olive trees is often carried out by women on small farms because the trees are usual...

SudanStreet food: A woman selling wheat cakes at Thiet market. - - General: General.

JordanConstructing a stone wall to offer protection from soil erosion in an olive grove. As part of participatory training and extension for olive production the project gave advice on soil management. - -...

PeruSale of processed food by low-income women, which was organized by Lima Council. - - General: General.

LebanonTaking cutting for propagation at the Agricultural Research Institute for Olive Culture at Tyre, South Lebanon. The centre carries out research into improving production of olive trees and is growing...

LebanonFAO agronomist planting olive cuttings in "perlite" at the Agricultural Research Institute for Olive Culture at Tyre, south Lebanon. The centre carries out research into improving production of olive...

LebanonPlanting out olive seedlings at the Agricultural Research Institute for Olive Culture at Tyre, south Lebanon. The centre carries out research into improving production of olive trees and is growing fi...

LebanonAn employee of the Agricultural Research Institute for Olive Culture at Tyre, south Lebanon holding an olive tree that is a few months old and now ready for sale. - - Improvement and Development of Ol...

LebanonFAO agronomist examining olive trees on one of a hundred plots controlled by the Agricultural Research Institute for Olive Culture at Tyre, south Lebanon. The centre has been improving production by r...

LebanonAn olive grove at the Agricultural Research Institute for Olive Culture at Tyre, south Lebanon. The centre carries out research into improving production of olive trees and is growing five different v...

GhanaWoman preparing Banku consisting of maize granules fermented and stirred over a fire. - - General: General.

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...

UgandaFishermen bag charcoal on Jinja Bugembe beach along the shore of Lake Victoria. The charcoal will be used to smoke fish caught in the Lake, known for its Nile Perch. Traditional fishing boats are visi...

SenegalCapace office in Dakar. Data on fish catches are gathered and processed for statistical purposes. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa (ID. The Programme for Integrated Dev...

MexicoThe prawns are washed prior to refrigeration. - - Development of Aquaculture and Mariculture: MEX/87/018. This project, executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ai...

MALAWIIn Malawi, cassava roots are eaten raw, boiled, roasted or processed in Nsima. Here roasted cassava roots, Gado, are sold with roast meat at Kaporo in Karonga, in the north of the country. - - Cassava...

NigeriaA woman cleans and packs cassava (manioc) after it has been sun-dried. The tuberous roots of this major staple food are a rich source of nutritious starch usually processed into flour and tapioca. - -...

NigeriaCassava (manioc) plants are under observation at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture at Ibadan, protected from mealy bugs and green spider mites by ventilated bags, as part of a biolo...

IndiaWomen, who have a key role in looking after the milk animals, go to the cooperative twice a day to market their milk. - - World Food Programme "Operation Flood". This WFP-supported project aims at pr...

BurundiSun-drying sardines fished from Lake Tanganyika. - - Monitoring Burundi's fish Stocks in Lake Tanganyika. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assisted Burundi's Service de pà?hes in 1977...

BurundiSale of fish at the central fish market of Bujumbura. - - Monitoring Burundi's fish Stocks in Lake Tanganyika. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assisted Burundi's Service de pà?hes in...