SenegalWomen farmers from a local women's group watering vegetable crops, including onions. - - Special Programme for Food Security. In December 1999, Dr Jacques Diouf, Director General of the Food and Agric...

SenegalSuccessful planting on a solid growth medium (gravel, rice husks and groundnut shells). Carrots and cabbages are grown in combination with lettuce on the left and right, respectively. The crops are pr...

Burkina FasoYoung women participating in learning activities at a training and production centre. - - Technical Cooperation Project: TCP/BKF/6715. This Technical Cooperation Project in Burkina Faso established ar...

SenegalNew lettuce, post-nursery, produced in a micro-garden on a roof terrace with the floating system (soilless culture). In the background are two-week old lettuce seedlings. As agricultural land has been...

SenegalCelery roots and foliage produced using the floating system (soilless culture) in a micro-garden on a roof terrace. As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available for cultivation have beco...

SenegalGrowing lettuce in a micro-garden on a roof terrace using the floating system (soilless culture). As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available for cultivation have become scarce, new tec...

SenegalGrowing lettuce in a micro-garden on a roof terrace using the floating system (soilless culture). As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available for cultivation have become scarce, new tec...

CambodiaIntegrated Pest Management (IPM): Two farmers, both of them landmine victims, working in a rice field. The combined effect of better water management, use of certified seeds and appropriate fertilizer...

CambodiaIntegrated Farmer Field School: Visit to a Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) site. Young people learn how to control crop pests through the use of biological methods rather than pesticides. -...

HondurasClose-up of maize. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agricultural practices with people's...

SenegalGathering aubergines in a micro-garden on the roof terrace of a building in a suburb of Dakar. - - Introduction of New Technology for Micro-Gardens in Urban and Suburban Areas: TCP/SEN/8823(D). Over t...

HondurasClose-up of a bean plant being cultivated together with maize. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through...

SenegalProject participants receive training on how to cultivate vegetables using micro-garden techniques. - - Introduction of New Technology for Micro-Gardens in Urban and Suburban Areas: TCP/SEN/8823(D). O...

SenegalWomen preparing planks for the frame and base of cultivation trays made from wood pallets. The trays are then used for micro-gardening. - - Introduction of New Technology for Micro-Gardens in Urban an...

HondurasClose-up of maize. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agricultural practices with people's...

HondurasFarmer working in the fields in Camapara, where in response to changing conditions, traditional and indigenous methods are used to cultivate the land. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Su...

SenegalA farmer drying the onion harvest. - - Special Programme for Food Security Case Study: South-South Cooperation: Tripartite Agreement Senegal/Viet Nam/FAO: SPFP/SEN/4501. This agreement has launched a...

HondurasA woman and her daughter putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to im...

PhilippinesTeleFood building and fruit crop. - - Bio-Intensive Vegetable and Fruit Crop Production at Village Level: TFD-97/PHI/001. This TeleFood funded project has provided training in organic, bio-intensive f...

HondurasA woman and her daughter putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to im...

HondurasA woman putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

PhilippinesA TeleFood briefing on the production of vegetables and fruit crops. - - Bio-Intensive Vegetable and Fruit Crop Production at Village Level: TFD-97/PHI/001. This TeleFood funded project has provided t...

PhilippinesTeleFood beneficiaries visiting an organic vegetable farm during an educational field trip to Davao del Sur. - - Bio-Intensive Vegetable and Fruit Crop Production at Village Level: TFD-97/PHI/001. Thi...

HondurasA woman putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

ZimbabweYoung farmers cultivating vegetables in the communal area gardens. The vegetables are sold to generate income. - - General: General.

ZimbabweWatering vegetables grown in the communal area gardens. - - General: General.

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...

ZimbabweWatering vegetables grown in the communal area gardens. - - General: General.

ZimbabweYoung farmers cultivating vegetables in the communal area gardens. The vegetables are sold to generate income. - - General: General.

ZimbabwePortrait of a local farmer. - - General: General.

South AfricaMaureen Chisale, who was voted woman farmer of the year for Gauteng Province, tending to her spinach plants. She started farming three years ago, initially just growing maize and she now grows cabbage...

MozambiqueFarmers watering plants on a plot of land that they have cultivated using seeds provided by the project to grow various vegetables, including cabbages and tomatoes. Technical support, including the pr...

NicaraguaYoung farmers weeding cabbages. - - General: General.

ItalyBeetroot growing in the gardens of Villa Lante, the Sacred Heart Institute in Trastevere, the old central part of Rome. In the skyline is a view of monuments in the centre of the city. - - General: Ge...

ItalyCourgettes growing in the gardens of Villa Lante, the Sacred Heart Institute in Trastevere, the old central part of Rome. In the skyline is a view of monuments in the centre of the city. - - General:...

LithuaniaHilling potatoes. - - General: General.

CubaTransplanted tomatoes. - - General: General.

CubaExtensive onion field weeded with rational chemical control. - - General: General.

CambodiaAn ex-serviceman, wounded in a de-mining operation in 1995, cultivating cucumbers. He receives a war pension. - - General: General.

CambodiaAn ex-serviceman, wounded in a de-mining operation in 1995, cultivating cucumbers. He receives a war pension. - - General: General.

PhilippinesWomen farmers working on a plot of land that has been planted with peas, courgettes and asparagus. As agrarian reform beneficiaries, these farmers from the Ibaloi ethnic group were given land previous...

Burkina FasoFarmer drawing water from his well, situated in a city garden. In the same compound there are another 10 plots of land, each belonging to a different family. - - General: General.

Burkina FasoFarmer watering vegetables in the city garden. This land is owned by a group of 200 families. The cultivation starts at the end of October until the end of April. - - General: General.

Burkina FasoA woman farmer harvesting vegetables in a plot situated in a city garden. In the same compound there are another 10 plots of land, each belonging to a different family. - - General: General.

HungaryFruit and vegetables on sale in a market located in a built up area of the city. - - General: General.

HungaryKalocsa is famous for the production of chilli peppers, onion and potatoes. All production is privatized. Here, women prepare sacks of onions for sale at the general market of Budapest. - - General: G...

SenegalVietnamese haricot beans introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue. - - Horticultural Production in the vill...

SenegalStaking rows of cucumbers. Cucumbers were introduced to the area through the project. - - Horticultural Production in the village of Kabatekenda: TFD-97/SEN/002. The purpose of this TeleFood project w...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated pest management training at a farmers' field school: collecting pests in the field. - - General: General. FAO's inter-country programme for integrated pest management (IPM) in vegetables in...

SenegalCucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue. - - Horticultural Production in the village of Kab...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated pest management training at a farmers' field school: collecting pest specimens in the field. The specimens are then taken to the school and drawn by farmer groups. As illiteracy is high in...

SenegalA farmer harvesting cucumbers which were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population. - - Horticultural Production in the village of Kabatekenda:...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated pest management training at a farmers'field school: drawing the pests that have been collected after field study. This is done to ensure that the farmers are able to identify and memorize n...

Senegal"Gombo" plant. - - Horticultural Production in the village of Kabatekenda: TFD-97/SEN/002. The purpose of this TeleFood project was to develop and intensify market gardening and irrigated fruit tree c...

SenegalPacking cucumbers to sell at the local market. Cucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue. - -...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated pest management training at a farmers' field school: collecting pest specimens in the field. The specimens are then taken to the school and drawn by farmer groups. As illiteracy is high in...

IndiaLeper woman weighing vegetable products before sale. - - Improving Consumption Crops by Leprosy Patients: TCP/IND/2256. The project envisages demonstrating a new approach by way of increasing producti...

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

MadagascarView of irrigated rice fields and small vegetable garden containing rainfed crops (maize, potatoes, vegetables) belonging to a farm house in the central highlands about 30 km south of Antananarivo. -...

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...

SenegalPopularizing the use of small-scale fruit and vegetable preservation techniques.Rural women learning how to use a solar oven. - - Popularizing the Use of Small-scale Fruit and Vegetable Preservation T...

SenegalExtensionist placing trays of paste made from papaya and bananas to dry in solar a oven where they will remain for 4-5 days and, once dried, will last for two years. - - Popularizing the Use of Small-...

AlgeriaA crop of courgettes growing in a plastic greenhouse. - - Training and Extension: ALG/83/002. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as executing agency, together with a nat...

IndiaA scientist monitors the growth of a cutting in the culture laboratory where tomatoes, maize, potatoes, beans and many types of mustard seeds (Brassicas) are propagated. - - Plant Biotechnology. Bio...

IndiaThe Institute vineyard where major research has released several successful hybrid grape varieties for higher yield, disease resistance, good quality, attractive colour, and low-cost production. Grape...

IndiaBreeders selectively pollinate an experimental crop of hybrid onions growing in FAO-provided breeding cages. Several successful varieties providing higher yields and longer storage duration have been...

IndiaA scientist checks a papaya orchard undergoing nutrition and population density studies. The Centre has successfully incorporated resistance to mosaic virus into the commercially cultivated species, C...

MaliA woman uses a primitive hoe to weed cabbages in her vegetable garden. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is helping women farmers in Mali to develop vegetable crops dur...

IndiaA scientist checks new hybrids in the orchid laboratory raised by tissue culture with FAO-provided facilities. Several promising hybrids have been developed and are being multiplied. Anthurium around...

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...

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...

MexicoA scientist dissects an orange infested with med flies that has been collected for study at the Med Fly Rearing and Sterilization Laboratory in Metapa. - - Mediterranean Fruit Fly Eradication Programm...

NepalA worker at the Nepal Vegetable Development Division outside Kathmandu examines new, bigger varieties of white and red radishes grown on the Division's demonstration plots. - - Vegetable and Seed Prog...

Syrian Arab RepublicCrop of cucumbers in greenhouse built under the supervision of Syrian agronomists trained by FAO horticulturists. Cucumbers are very susceptible to fluctuations in temperature and heating in necessary...

DominicaMost vegetables, like these cabbages, are grown for local consumption. - - Post-Hurricane Aid. The tiny Caribbean island republic of Dominica was barely emerging from the wreckage of hurricane David,...

Syrian Arab RepublicGreenhouse tomatoes being sorted and packed into boxes for market. - - Out of Season Vegetable Production. In 1977, the Government of Syria, with the assistance of FAO/UNDP, began the construction of...

Syrian Arab RepublicCourgettes from the project being packed into large crates for the local market. - - Out of Season Vegetable Production. In 1977, the Government of Syria, with the assistance of FAO/UNDP, began the co...

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...

SAUDI ARABIASaudi Arabia - Greenhouse vegetable production.

SAUDI ARABIASaudi Arabia - Greenhouse vegetable production.

SAUDI ARABIASaudi Arabia - Greenhouse vegetable production.

ZambiaAgricultural mechanization at the Chapula training centre. - - Small Scale Irrigation, Development and Training for Vegetable Cultivation Agriculture. Small Scale Irrigation, Development and Training...

ColombiaCoffee beans growing at the CENICAFE experimental centre near Manizales. Dehydrated coffee pulp was used as fertilizer. - - Recycling of Organic Residues from Coffee Production. The Colombia National...

Costa RicaA storehouse with bags of balanced animal feed made from coffee pulp. - - Recycling of Organic Residues from Coffee Production. The Colombia National Federation of Coffee Growers, in conjunction with...

ColombiaA coffee grower transporting coffee beans on a donkey to a processing plant where the coffee beans will be extracted and the waste will be recycled. - - Recycling of Organic Residues from Coffee Produ...

ColombiaSerried rows of coffee plants in plastic containers at the CENICAFE nursery near Manizales. Dehydrated coffee pulp fertilization will be used in their cultivation. - - Recycling of Organic Residues fr...

ColombiaClose-up of leaves of healthy young coffee plants at a CENICAFE centre. These plants were fertilized with recycled coffee pulp. - - Recycling of Organic Residues from Coffee Production. The Colombia N...

ColombiaWorker at the CENICAFE experimental centre picking coffee beans. These trees were fertilized with dehydrated coffee pulp. - - Recycling of Organic Residues from Coffee Production. The Colombia Nationa...

KUWAITKuwait - Plant cultivation in plastic tunnels and greenhouses. Tomato farm.

TunisiaVegetables in a market. - - Experiments and Demonstration on the Production of Selected Tree Crops, Forage and Livestock. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in Tunisia is held to be productive, b...

CyprusSpring crop potatoes picked by two Cypriot women in a field in the Kouris river delta. - - Akrotiri Groundwater Development in Cyprus. The UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has assisted the G...

TunisiaA woman gathering her harvest of broad beans. - - Experiments and Demonstration on the Production of Selected Tree Crops, Forage and Livestock. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in Tunisia is he...

CyprusSpring crop potatoes picked by two Cypriot women in a field in the Kouris river delta. - - Akrotiri Groundwater Development in Cyprus. The UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has assisted the G...

SenegalCauliflower is one of the experimental vegetable crops grown at the Cambà?à?e Horticultural Centre, 15 km from Dakar. - - Centre for the Development of Horticulture. Horticultural crops in Senegal ha...

ChinaGir1s picking lettuce known as Chicken Feather. The lettuce has been inter-cropped with cabbage. - - The. The "Long March" Commune, covering an area of some 1,000 ha. outside Shanghai, was founded in...

IndonesiaA vegetable and fruit market in Java. Not everyone can afford to buy. - - Rural Life and Population Pressure. In the late 1960s the population of Indonesia was approximately 110,000,000, with nearly t...

MadagascarFarmers cultivating soya as fodder for cattle. - - General: General. The Government of the large island of Madagascar is very aware of the need to improve the state of its people, many of whom are liv...