PERUCOMMUNITY FORESTRYAND AFFORESTATION: Peru?, August 1985 The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, most of it indiscriminately cut by 5 miilion rural poor who need fuelwood and h...

ArmeniaTeleFood beneficiaries feeding the pigs. Manure that is produced is used as fertilizer for home gardens and as fuel for heating and cooking. - - Group Sheep Fattening (005) and Pig Keeping (006): TFD/...

TurkeyFarmers amidst their poultry house that was damaged by the earthquake. - - Emergency Assistance to Small Farmers Affected by Marmara Earthquake: TCP/TUR/0065.

FranceFor large-scale cattle breeding operations like this one, cattle are separated into pens housing six to ten animals thus enabling the even distribution of feed. - - General: General.

FranceIndustrial poultry breeding. Eight thousand free-range chickens are free to move in and out of the poultry house (one of the criteria for obtaining a certified label). - - General: General.

Burkina FasoAn improved goat shed constructed with funds from a micro-project that was part of the Special Programme for Food Production - - Special Programme for Food Security. The main objective of the Special...

HondurasA woman feeding maize to her hens. The hen-house has been built under the trees, thus protecting the poultry from the strong tropical sun. Trees are pruned for fuel wood for domestic use. - - Rural De...

GuineaRural women receive building materials that will be used to construct poultry houses. Improved poultry rearing will eventually offer income-generating opportunities to the women and allow them to rais...

GuineaPoultry feeding from new troughs supplied by the TeleFood project. - - Improved Traditional Poultry Rearing: TFD-97/GUI/003. This TeleFood project, approved in 1998 with a budget of USD 8 000, has bee...

GuineaImproved henhouse for rearing poultry. - - Improved Traditional Poultry Rearing: TFD-97/GUI/003. This TeleFood project, approved in 1998 with a budget of USD 8 000, has been executed by the Food and A...

GuineaVillagers receive building materials through a TeleFood fund that will be used to construct improved poultry breeding facilities. - - Improved Traditional Poultry Rearing: TFD-97/GUI/003. This TeleFoo...

BeninFrench white pigs and Beninese cross breeds in a traditional setting. - - General: General.

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...

El SalvadorOne of the activities of the project is to improve small animal husbandry and here a farmer is feeding his pigs. - - Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides: GCP/ELS/004/NET. The Sustainable Agriculture...

BurundiGirl guides using hand tools to prepare and flatten the land to build hen houses. The beneficiaries of this project are 100 young girl guides, including 50 from Bukeye, as well as all members of their...

SenegalPoultry in a new improved henhouse. Vietnamese agronomist gave technical assistance to the programme activities. - - Improvements in Poultry Breeding: TFD-97/SEN/001. The aim of this TeleFood-funded p...

SenegalTraditional henhouse. - - Improvements in Poultry Breeding: TFD-97/SEN/001. The aim of this TeleFood-funded project (approximately US$10 000 invested) is to help local families to increase chicken pro...

SenegalNew improved henhouse. Chickens being fed supplementary vitamin enriched feed. In the foreground is a apecial breeding rooster. - - Improvements in Poultry Breeding: TFD-97/SEN/001. The aim of this Te...

SenegalBeehive constructed with local materials (bamboo shoots). - - TFD TeleFood-funded project - Improvements in Poultry Breeding: TFD-97/SEN/001. The aim of this TeleFood-funded project (approximately US...

PeruLogs recently felled for timber. Hillside has been recently replanted following a forest fire. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, m...

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...

PeruA worker plants "Q'enua" (Polylepis) in a community nursery. FAO is helping reforest Peru with this native source of fuel wood and rustic building material. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. T...

VenezuelaWoman shopping in a refrigerated meat section of a supermarket at Caracas. - - Meat and Dairy Industry. Agriculture contributes about 9% of the GNP and provides work for about 25% of the economically...

VenezuelaMeat processing in Venezuela's most modern and hygienic slaughterhouse situated at Machiques near Maracaibo. - - Meat and Dairy Industry. In Venezuela, agriculture contributes to about 9% of the GNP a...