EgyptFarmer tending sheep in his garden where date palms are growing. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by th...

IraqIsland for tourism on the outskirts of Baghdad. In the background is a palm plantation. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned ab...

CambodiaMr. Ek Ang is an ex-serviceman and mine victim who lost his leg in the war in 1990. In spite of his artificial leg he is very agile and active. He rides a bicycle and climbs his palm trees to collect...

CambodiaMr. Ek Ang is an ex-serviceman and mine victim who lost his leg in the war in 1990. In spite of his artificial leg he is very agile and active. He rides a bicycle and climbs his palm trees to collect...

CambodiaMr. Ek Ang is an ex-serviceman and mine victim who lost his leg in the war in 1990. In spite of his artificial leg he is very agile and active. He rides a bicycle and climbs his palm trees to collect...

HondurasAerial shots of damage by Hurricane Mitch to agricultural land: African palm crops covered in mud. - - General: General. A tragedy of immense proportions afflicted the four Central American countries...

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...

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...

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...

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

UgandaPalm trees in sunset - -

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...

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...

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