South AfricaFarmer cleaning out his pigsty. - - General: General. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is giving technical assistance to the following three institutes that are part of the...

South AfricaSmall farmer feeding dairy cattle. The cattle graze on communal land but, at present, there are too many cattle in the area and agronomists from the Ministry of Agriculture are encouraging farmers to...

South AfricaIndigenous goats at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Improvement Institute (ARC-AII). FAO is working with the Institute to establish a southern African network of research centres to increase...

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...

South AfricaSmall farmer feeding dairy cattle. The cattle graze on communal land but, at present, there are too many cattle in the area and agronomists from the Ministry of Agriculture are encouraging farmers to...

South AfricaFeeding indigenous Naked Neck hens at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute (ARC-ANPI). The Institute is responsible for research, development and technolog...

South AfricaMaureen Chisale, who was voted woman farmer of the year for Gauteng Province, selling fertilizer in a shop and advising other farmers. - - General: General. The Food and Agriculture Organization of th...

South AfricaSmall farmer feeding dairy cattle. The cattle graze on communal land but, at present, there are too many cattle in the area and agronomists from the Ministry of Agriculture are encouraging farmers to...

LebanonExtracting essential oils from various plants including thyme, oregano and sage to test their antibiotic effect on bacteria at the Food Quality Control Institute. These plants are collected from diffe...

Rearing Unit for biocontrol agents of Salvinia molesta. - - FAO/UNDP/ IVC/94/631.

GuineaCattle grazing in fields, prior to rice cultivation, as a form of weed control. - - General: General.

CubaWeed control in young citrus plantations. - - General: General.

MaliSorghum intercropped with cowpea to reduce Striga parasitic weed stand. - - General: General.

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

CubaNecrotic leaves of banana affected by Black Sigatoka (a fungal disease, affecting bananas and plantations). - - General: General.

Rearing Unit for biocontrol agents of water weeds. - - FAO/UNDP/ IVC/94/631.

Rearing Unit for biocontrol agents of water weeds. - - FAO/UNDP/ IVC/94/631.

CambodiaFarmers leaving the weekly meeting carrying insect zoos which they will observe and maintain at home until the next meeting. Reproduction rates and destruction of pests can then be observed. - - Speci...

CambodiaInspecting pests and predators and introducing them to "insect zoos" so that reproduction rates and destruction of pests can be observed. Farmers' Field School in Cambodia. - - Special Programme for F...

CambodiaCollecting insect specimens, pests and predators. - - Programme for Food Security: SPFP/CMB/6701. Eighty percent of the Cambodian population is dependent on subsistence farming with rice as the main a...

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...

SenegalBaskets full of harvested cucumbers ready to be taken to market. Cucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the idet of the population and to generate addit...

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...

YemenIn southern Yemen, palm frond windbreaks help keep sand dunes from encroaching on nearby farms. - - General: General.

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...

SenegalTransplanting radishes. - - 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 fru...

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:...

SenegalDifferent crops, here Vietnamese melons, were sown in the project area and harvests were staggered throughout the year 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: 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...

SenegalFarmers staking rows of cucumbers. Cucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue by the market ga...

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. - -...

SenegalWomen carrying citrus plants for transplanting. - - Horticultural Production in the village of Kabatekenda: TFD-97/SEN/002. The purpose of this TeleFood project was to develop and intensify market gar...

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...

YemenDegraded and abandoned terraces have been rehabilitated in order to prevent soil erosion and to reintroduce agricultural crop cultivation. - - Conservation (Forestry Component): UTF/YEM/023. The proje...

SudanFarmers examining yields of wheat. Reduction of wheat spraying against aphids from 2 to 0.5 in recent years did not reduce yields. - - Development and Application of Integrated Pest Management (vegeta...

SudanAfter field practicals, Farmers are discussing new cultural practices demonstrated on the IPM field in the Farmer Field School in Sudan. - - Development and application of Integrated Pest Management (...

Syrian Arab RepublicPlants harbouring natural enemies of citrus leaf-miner are being distributed to farmers. - - Biological Pest Control in Citrus: SYR/92/015. The objective of this project is to increase the supply of h...

AlbaniaDonkey laden with leaves which are used for bedding, returning down a mountain path to the village of Guri i Bardhe. - - General: General.

Viet NamFAO woman trainer and a participating farmer checking foliage loss to rice plants in the programme test field. The data will be analysed to determine just how much leaf loss a plant can endure before...

Viet NamFarmer and woman trainer checking plants for pests and their natural predators which have been released into the rice fields as part of the programmeÂ?experimentation. - - Integrated Pest Management....

IndonesiaWomen tea pickers of the rich hill country near Bandung in Indonesia?s western Java. - - General: General.

Burkina FasoCirina Butyrospermi Vuillet feeding on Shea leaves. The caterpillar is considered a culinary delicacy. - - General: Genreal.

IndonesiaWorker in one of the many test laboratories of the FAO-Assisted Integrated Pest Management Project. - - General: General.

IndonesiaWives of the local workmen on the FAO-assisted water management project at Ciwidey village in western Java, bring lunch to their husbands. - - General: General.

IndonesiaYoung girls of a Muslim elementary school in the Cianjur District of western Java work in the school's large home garden. The vegetables grown in the school garden help prevent Vitamin A deficiency, w...

IndonesiaWorkers in one of the many test laboratories of the FAO-Assisted Integrated Pest Management Project. - - General: General.

NicaraguaFAO technician checking maize plants for pests. - - System of diffusion of Technology for Agricultural Development: NIC/85/028. In this project technicians of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

GuineaWild fruit from the Anona Senegalensis (Combretones). - - General: General.

IndonesiaAgroecosystems. In order to utilize only the necessary minimum of pesticides, teams of farmers are trained in basic IPM techniques. They learn to identify and count insects and to draw graphic represe...

IndonesiaAgroecosystems. In order to utilize only the necessary minimum of pesticides, teams of farmers are trained in basic IPM techniques. They learn to identify and count insects and to draw graphic represe...

HondurasLabourers strip off bark and square felled trees in preparation for their transport to a mill. - - Agro-forestry: HON/86/001. This project encompasses forest management, timber harvesting and educatio...

IndonesiaReproduction rate of predatory insects on rice plants is monitored in plastic tents at IPM research and training site. - - Training and Development of Integrated Pest Management in Rice-Based Cropping...

MozambiqueAn FAO project officer identifying disease in rice plants with extension officer and farmer. The diseases are White Herd, caused by Stembarer, and Bacterial Leaf Blight. - - Rural Extension: MOZ/88/0...

ChinaCoccinellid (ladybug family) eating a brown planthopper. When insecticides kill natural predators, the brown planthopper population can reach 1,000 pests per clump of rice. - - General: General.

NigerThe leaves, fruit and roots of this Acacia albida tree are used for self-fertilization, while the bark is used for making medicinal drugs. It is an ideal tree for agroforestry products. - - Keita Inte...

IraqFlowering specimen of Banksia Spp. common genus found mainly in the fertile sandy soils of Southern Australia. It is sometimes grown for ornamental cut flowers. The Banksia genus is in the Proteaceaca...

MoroccoAdult locusts flying over wheat fields in the foothills of the Anti Atlas mountains near Rich. - - Desert Locust Control Campaign in North-West Africa. In 1988 the Maghreb countries of north-west Afri...

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...

MaliA farmer holds what is left of his millet crop that had been devoured by Senegalese grasshoppers. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985 rains, breaking the worst drought in a decade...

PhilippinesThe Chrysopid Lorra is a biological predator of aphids. - - General: General.

MaliA tiny Senegalese grasshopper, one of millions that descended upon ripening millet and sorghum plants, in some cases devouring total crop areas. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985...

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...

MaliA Cavalaipus cymleiferus, one of several grasshopper species that threatened thousands of food crops in the Sahel. Its young hoppers attack germinating cereal crops. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign i...

BrazilAn FAO expert (centre) explaining air survey techniques to trainees attending a course on the control of locusts and grasshoppers in the Central West region. - - Locust and Grasshopper Control. In 198...

MaliWomen weave mats in the village of Durukini, north of Nara, one of many villages in the Sahel facing catastrophic food losses from the grasshopper infestation. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the...

MaliA USAID consultant, part of the ground team observation unit, receives the latest report on local wind conditions and grasshopper sightings from a ground observer. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in...

MaliAn Anacridum melanorhodon or "tree locust", one of several pests that threatened thousands of food crops in the Sahel. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985 rains, breaking the worst...

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...

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...

ChinaWheat aphids and the damage they cause are examined at the County Agro-technological Extension Centre at Shuangliu, Sichuan Province. - - General: General. China's increased economic activity in recen...

YemenMillet production in the Sourou Valley is aided by irrigation. - - Development of the Sourou Valley. The government of Burkina Faso has declared the development of the Sourou Valley top priority. In 1...

MyanmarGirl worker watering crop on a jasmine farm. Jasmine production is a highly lucrative floriculture practiced by many farmers in the lower Burma area for sale in the markets of Rangoon. Flowers are a c...

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...

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...

ThailandBuffaloes and traditional ploughs are used in rice cultivation on improved fields as part of the project. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...

ThailandBuffaloes and traditional ploughs are used in rice cultivation on improved fields as part of the project. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...

NicaraguaTrained field workers from the Ministry of Agriculture check for further signs of coffee leaf rust in the affected area of Jinotepe. Suspected leaves are sent to a laboratory in Managua for analysis....

SudanSpraying a mango tree attacked by termites, using a motorised knapsack sprayer, at the Government plantation of the El Bagaier Scheme in Gezira province, 25 miles south of Khartoum. - - Protection of...

BangladeshA mobile veterinary clinic service brings improvements to the health of rural dairy animals belonging to small scale farmers. Here an EMPCUL a veterinary doctor injects a heifer suffering from an eye...

ChinaSpraying a rice field with powdered pesticide. - - General: General.

ChadNot all African birds are pests. Some such as these egrets are very beneficial to farmers since their diet includes grasshopper, locusts, caterpillars and other noxious insects. Two egret species are...

ChadThe yellow weavers or "gendarmes? as they are called in Francophone Africa. Their agility in manipulating green grass to make nests also unfortunately has helped them to learn to strip the leaves off...

AfghanistanSunflower cultivation at the Government Experimental Nursery. - - Food Assistance to Paktia Development Corps and Community Words.. The province of Paktia, which borders Pakistan, covers about one six...

AfghanistanSmall tree plants are covered with canvas to protect them from the sun at the Government Forestry Farm near Gardez. The water slowly drips through the canvas onto the plants. - - Food Assistance to Pa...

ItalyClose-up of peach with sterile fruit fly on it. - - IAEA/FAO Mediterranean Fruit Fly Eradication Project.. Italy, July 1967. Capri is the site of an attempt to exterminate the Mediterranean fruit fly...

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...

EthiopiaCamels of the locust ground control team, loaded with BHC dust and dusters crossing the River Barca at Agordat. The ground control unit has eight camels and 21 men; they go out for up to a fortnight a...

EthiopiaDLCO-EA field worker dust with BHC. - - General: General.

EthiopiaDesert locust (adults) infestation near Leida, about ten miles from Gogni field station. - - Desert locust control in East Africa.. More than forty countries, from West Africa to North India, are now...

EthiopiaDesert locust (adults) infestation near Leida, about ten miles from Gogni field station. - - Desert locust control in East Africa.. More than forty countries, from West Africa to North India, are now...

EthiopiaMeasurements of the insects' wings and other body parts are taken regularly, because they are related to breeding density of hoppers and, hen combined with other observations in the field, may indicat...

EthiopiaMeasurements of the insects' wings and other body parts are taken regularly, because they are related to breeding density of hoppers and, hen combined with other observations in the field, may indicat...