CambodiaMan boiling palm syrup to be made into refined sugar near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. - - Better Use of Locally Available Feed Resources in Sustainable Livestock Based Agriculture: GCP/RAS/143/JPN.

CambodiaWoman in her rural home near Phnom Penh preparaing a meal using biodigestor unit. - - Better Use of Locally Available Feed Resources in Sustainable Livestock Based Agriculture: GCP/RAS/143/JPN. The ob...

CambodiaFarmer with sap containers used to collect juice from palm tree. - - Better Use of Locally Available Feed Resources in Sustainable Livestock Based Agriculture: GCP/RAS/143/JPN. The objectives of the P...

CambodiaMan regulating biodigestor container in his home. - - Better Use of Locally Available Feed Resources in Sustainable Livestock Based Agriculture: GCP/RAS/143/JPN. The objectives of the Project are as f...

CambodiaCountryside near Phnom Penh: farmer climbing palm tree to tap syrup to be used in the production of palm sugar. - - Better Use of Locally Available Feed Resources in Sustainable Livestock Based Agricu...

CambodiaWoman boiling palm syrup to be made into sugar near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. - - Better Use of Locally Available Feed Resources in Sustainable Livestock Based Agriculture: GCP/RAS/143/JPN.

CongoOil palm in bloom. - -

MauritaniaOasis of Toungat is the most important in the Adrar region. Between the palm trees and the dunes there is a zone of afforestation and clayonnage fencing made of palm leaves to control sand encroachmen...

MauritaniaIn an attempt to block the shifting sand, barriers are made from palm leaves. - - Fight against desertification: UNO/MAU/010/NSO. These photos show striking images of environmental degradation and dro...

NigerProject nursery at Gour. The young trees will be planted in arid zones to prevent desertification. - - Fight against desertification of agricultural land in Niger: NER/89/004. Various ways are used to...

NigerFences have been erected to prevent the advance of sand dunes at Gour. - - Fight against desertifiction of agricultural land in Niger: NER/89/004. Various ways are used to stop the desert from advanci...

NigerCultivation of millet, a very common crop in southern Niger. - - Fight against desertification of agricultural land in Niger: NER/89/004. Various ways are used to stop the desert from advancing. Fence...

NigerCloseup of project officer with tree seedlings in nursery at Gour. The young trees will be planted in arid zones to combat desertification. - - Fight against desertification of agricultural land in Ni...

NigerPhoto shows an old sand dune which used to be fenced in as a means of halting desertification. It i now surrounded by wire netting to prevent cows from eating the grass. The fact that the dune is cove...

NigerBuilding barriers (fences) to prevent advance of sand dunes at Gour. - - Fight against desertification of agricultural land in Niger: NER/89/004. Various ways are used to stop the desert from advancin...

PeruAeta palm (Mauritia Flexuosa). - -

GhanaA man shelling palm nuts. They are used to make soap, red oil and a clear oil. - -

NigerBuilding barriers (fences) to prevent advance of sand dunes at Gour. - - Fight against desertification: NER/89/004. Various ways are used to stop the desert from advancing. Fences are mainly built wit...

MALAWIWatering of oil palms at Research Station. The oil will be donated to and planted by smallholder farmers in the North of Malawi. These farmers will then harvest the fruit in 30-36 months time and proc...

AlgeriaPalm trees growing at the edge of the town among the sand dunes. - -

UgandaPalm trees in sunset - -

Sri LankaElephant dragging palm tree bole through a plantation near. This, together with about 50 coconut palm leaes, constitues a day's ration for the elephant. - -

Sri LankaBy means of ropes a farmer moves from one palm tree to another when collecting puddy juice. This juice, which is used in the preparation of alcoholic drinks, is obtained by making an incision in the t...

Sri LankaYoung farmer lowering a container full of puddy juice from a palm tree. The juice is obtained by making an incision in the tree trunk and is used in the production of alcoholic drinks. - -

Sri LankaFarmer climbing a palm tree to collect puddy juice, which is extracted from an incision in the tree trunk. It is used in the preparation of alcoholic drinks. - -

Sri LankaFarmer has climbed palm tree to extract puddy juice from an incision in the trunk. The juice is used in the production of alcoholic drinks. Note the ropes which make it easier for workers to move from...

DominicaForest land cleared for coconut plantations. - - General: General.

YemenA date palm at Wadi Hadramawt. - - The Establishment of a Post-harvest Centre: PDY/86/003. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is engaged in the establishment of a nation...

CongoMayombe forest in the project area. - - Action Programme for the Prevention of Food Losses. This project, which started in 1980, concerns the Niari region and part of the Kouilou region of the People'...

CongoJuice is tapped from palm trees and is then fermented into palm wine - "Tzamba" - at Irogo in the Niari region. - - Action Programme for the Prevention of Food Losses. This project, which started in 1...

SamoaHybrid coconut tree which is a cross between a Red Malayan Dwarf (the mother tree) and the tall Rennell coconut. - - General: General. The Government of Western Samoa is adopting a policy to improve t...

IndonesiaAn aerial view of a mixed tropical natural high forest in Indonesia. Indonesia still has a vast tropical forest resource. Since these resources are rapidly diminishing, the Food and Agriculture Organi...

IndonesiaSunset scene of palm trees and beach. Some 70 percent of the population of Indonesia are farmers producing coconuts, rice, cassava, maize and other tropical crops. - - General: General.

SamoaA young man eating coconut flesh. - - Agriculture Productivity of Subsistence Farmers, Western Samoa: TCP/SAM/6652. The Government of Western Samoa is adopting a policy to improve technical assistance...

MoroccoInside a barrier around stabilized sand dunes, palm and tamarisk trees have been planted and are growing well. - - Fight Against Sand Dune Encroachment. This FAO project aims at assisting the Governme...

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...

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...

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

JamaicaHugh Harries, botanist and plant breeder with the Coconut Industry Board, examines healthy coconuts in an experimental grove at Clifton Hill. - - Research on Lethal Yellowing Disease of Coconuts. Ever...

BurundiProject: OSRO/BDI/801/EC - Urgent agricultural assistance to vulnerable households affected by the on-going conflict, climactic changes and/or the severe African cassava plant mosaic virus and support...

BurundiProject: OSRO/BDI/801/EC - Urgent agricultural assistance to vulnerable households affected by the on-going conflict, climactic changes and/or the severe African cassava plant mosaic virus and support...

BurundiProject: OSRO/BDI/801/EC - Urgent agricultural assistance to vulnerable households affected by the on-going conflict, climactic changes and/or the severe African cassava plant mosaic virus and support...

BurundiProject: OSRO/BDI/801/EC - Urgent agricultural assistance to vulnerable households affected by the on-going conflict, climactic changes and/or the severe African cassava plant mosaic virus and support...