MaliFarmer using hand tool to prepare soil for planting in a communal plot where onions, tobacco and other vegetables are grown. - - General: General.

MaliView of communal vegetable plot for the village where onions, tobacco and other vegetables are grown. - - General: General.

MALIFarmer watering his crops by hand using a gourd filled with water.

MaliMan carrying gourds of water back to his allotment. - - General: General.

BangladeshChinese technical expert examines a cabbage plot with Bangladeshi counterpart while woman villager looks on. - - General: General.

GeorgiaMan weeding his allotment just outside an industrial town. The allotments were created by a local NGO (the Biological Farmers' Association) on a patch of wasteland for impoverished families who have e...

GeorgiaUrban agriculture: woman picking maize, grown organically on her allotment on the outskirts of Rustavi. - - General: General.

GeorgiaWoman selling organically grown fruit and vegetables grown on her allotment in Rustavi. - - General: General.

GeorgiaWoman tending her allotment just outside the town. The allotments were created by a local NGO (the Biological Farmers' Association) on a patch of wasteland for impoverished families who have even mana...

GeorgiaUrban agriculture: farmers tending cabbages grown organically in an allotment just outside an industrial town. The allotments were created by a local NGO (the Biological Farmers' Association) on a pat...

GeorgiaUrban agriculture: farmers tending cabbages grown organically in an allotment just outside an industrial town. The allotments were created by a local NGO (the Biological Farmers' Association) on a pat...

GambiaWoman drawing water from a traditional well to irrigate a vegetable plot. In the background there is a new cement well. - - General: General.

SenegalVisit of FAO Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf, (second from right) and Ms Dee Dee Bridgewater (right) to a beneficiary of the project. As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available for...

SenegalBeneficiaries of the project at Dakar reclamation site displaying produce (Chinese cabbage, lettuce) grown in micro-gardens on roof terraces. As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available...

SenegalFAO Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf (centre) with FAO Ambassador, Ms Dee Dee Bridgewater, and beneficiaries of the project. They are displaying produce grown using the soilless system of cropping o...

SenegalFAO Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf and FAO Ambassador Ms Dee Dee Bridgewater (second row) being shown around a market garden by the Secretary of a local womenà? economic interest group. - - Specia...

SenegalFruit trees intercropped with cabbages. - - Special Programme for Food Security. In December 1999, Dr Jacques Diouf, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA...

AlgeriaFAO Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf, inspecting lettuce grown on a roof terrace using the floating system (soilless culture). As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available for cultivat...

SenegalFAO Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf, inspecting lettuce grown on a roof terrace using the floating system (soilless culture). As agricultural land has been depleted and areas available for cultivat...

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...

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...

Burkina FasoFarmers irrigating the land with watering cans in a communal vegetable garden funded by the Special Programme for Food Security. - - Special Programme for Food Security. The main objective of the Spec...

HondurasA young woman harvesting coffee beans from a home garden. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through bette...

HondurasHarvesting coffee beans from a home garden. - - 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...

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...

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...

HondurasPupils learning gardening skills from a teacher at the Francisco Navarro School. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food...

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...

SenegalWomen from Dakar constructing wooden containers that will be used to grow vegetables in urban micro-gardens. The women are taught how to do this as part of FAO's Special Programme for Food Security. -...

SenegalFAO's Special Programme for Food Security is helping Senegalese women from Dakar to improve poultry production. - - General: General.

SenegalWomen from poor neighborhoods of Dakar learn how to grow vegetables in urban micro gardens. - - General: General.

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.

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 AfricaHarvesting cabbages grown on communal land. Here, the community learns how to grow different crops using various irrigation methods and types of fertilizer; lessons learned are then applied to their o...

South AfricaSmall farmer weeding cabbage plot. - - General: General. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is giving technical assistance to the following three institutes that are part of t...

MozambiqueFree distribution of oranges grown on a communal plot of land with technical support from the Provincial Forests and Wildlife Services. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/...

South AfricaSmall farming couple weeding cabbage plot. - - General: General. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is giving technical assistance to the following three institutes that are p...

MozambiqueFree distribution of oranges grown on a communal plot of land with technical support from the Provincial Forests and Wildlife Services. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/...

South AfricaSmall farmer weeding cabbage plot. - - General: General. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is giving technical assistance to the following three institutes that are part of t...

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...

EcuadorA young female student of the local agricultural college watering plants in the school garden. - - General: General.

SudanA home garden. - - General: General.

SudanA man from the Dinka ethnic group using a hand tool for weeding cultivated land outside his village. - - General: General.

Viet NamWell-kept home garden in the suburbs of the small port town. - - General: General.

Viet NamHome garden in the suburbs of the small port town. - - General: General.

Viet NamHome garden in the suburbs of the small port town. - - 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.

United States of AmericaThe Liz Christy Bowery-Houston Community Garden works at a time when community gardens are being torn down to make way for buildings. More than 30 volunteers garden here and hundreds of others contrib...

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.

United States of AmericaThe Liz Christy Bowery-Houston Community Garden works at a time when community gardens are being torn down to make way for buildings. More than 30 volunteers garden here and hundreds of others contrib...

Viet NamWoman watering a communal garden. Home and communal gardens grow the quality vegetables that, once properly prepared to local taste, are the long-term solution to the problem of Vitamin A deficiency i...