ITALYMay 1974, Rome, Italy - Group photo following the presentation by H.E. Aftab Ahmed Khan, Ambassador, Pakistan, of an oil painting to FAO Director-General Dr Addeke Hendrik Boerma on behalf of the gove...

ITALYMay 1974, Rome, Italy - Oil painting presented by H.E. Aftab Ahmed Khan (right), Ambassador, Pakistan, to FAO Director-General Dr. A. H. Boerma (left) on behalf of the government of Pakistan to FAO. F...

ITALYMay 1974, Rome, Italy - Oil painting presented by H.E. Aftab Ahmed Khan, Ambassador,Pakistan, to FAO Director-General Dr. A. H. Boerma on behalf of the government of Pakistan to FAO. FAO headquarters...

ITALYRome. Portrait painted by Stanton Keeney of Mr Frank McDougall, Australian special assistent to the Director-General.

ITALYRome, Portrait of Mr Frank McDougall, Australian special assistent to the Director-General.

ITALYRome, Italy - March 1955. Among the people Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt met when she visited the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome was Mr Frank McDougall, Au...

EthiopiaEthiopia, March 1953 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has sent a mission to Ethiopia to help modernize the country's agriculture and forestry. Working there are expe...

BENINDevelopment of the Rural Economy, Benin, 1984. Traditional fishing near Cotonou. FAO has assisted the government with its plans for the development of forestry resources including the growing and fel...

United States of AmericaHot Springs, Virginia, USA, 1943 - The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture was held from 18 May to 3 June in Hot Springs, Virgina (USA), with the participation of 44 governments. Convene...

ITALYNovember 1981 Rome, Italy - General view of Plenary Hall during delivery of the McDougall Lecture by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India. Lead caption: The 21st Session of the FAO Conference...

ITALY1988 Rome, Italy - Plenary Hall ceiling.

ITALY12 November 1977, Rome, Italy - General view of rostrum and Plenary Hall. Lead caption: OPENING OF THE NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE FAO CONFERENCE, Rome 1977. The Nineteenth Session of the FA...

ITALY17 October 1988 Rome, Italy - General view of FAO's Plenary Hall as Italian Premier CIriaco De Mita addressed representatives of FAO member nations during the annual observance of World Food Day.

ITALYNovember 1981 Rome, Italy - General view of Plenary Hall and podium during the speech of Jorge Ruben Aguado, Chairman. Lead caption: The 21st Session of the FAO Conference opened at the headqu...

ITALY17 October 1988 Rome, Italy - Portuguese President Mario Soares emphasized the importance of training rural young people for their future role as food producers at the annual observance of World Food...

ITALYRome, Italy - A general view of the Plenary Hall during a Session of the FAO Conference.

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Following the eagerly awaited arrival in a village in Central Upper Volta of relief supplies in the form of sorghum donated to UN/FAO World Food. Programme by U.SA. the local distr...

AFRICAUpper Volta, June 1973 - French Air Force plane dropping sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving cattle in Norhhern Upper Volta. Each sack contains 60 kilos and the total operation is ai...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Donkeys loaded with sacks of wheat bran which has been distributed to Peul nomads at Tin Akof in northern Upper Volta near the Niger border. Lead caption: Five years of sub...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving animals in drought stricken Upper Volta. The sacks have been flown into the area by two French Air Force planes and are being...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - The typical back~breaking method of "'ploughing" by hand in Upper Volta. These people have never heard of ploughshares and animal traction, but this technique is gradually being in...

AFRICAUpper Volta, June 1973 - French Air Force plane dropping sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving cattle in Norhhern Upper Volta. Each sack contains 60 kilos and the total operation is ai...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Emaciated animal in Northern Upper Volta is a grim indication of the severe drought which has gripped several African countries. Nomads from Mali , one of whom can be seen sitting...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving animals in drought stricken Upper Volta. The sacks have been flown into the area by two French Air Force planes and are being...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcasses of cattle and goats at Christine Wells in northern Upper Volta. Lead caption: Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy to Upper Vol...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - At a central food distribution point in Upper Volta, bags of sorghum donated by the United States through WFP are loaded onto a camel. They will be taken to an outlying village whe...

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - An instructor explains a tractor to a group of trainee extension agents. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development P...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcasses of Mali nomads' cattle lie on the edge of Christine Wells in northern Upper Volta. The animals died after drinking water on empty stomachs following their long trek from...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Dying cattle brought by truck from the north to be sold for their skins and bones. The best price these animals will fetch: approximately $2 each. (A normal cow in good condition w...

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - Peasant woman cooking with precious firewood in her hut. The forests of Ethiopia are being stripped for cooking fuel.

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - An extension agent for soil conservation talking to members of a Peasant's Association. The meeting is to organize tree-planting on communal land that is overgrazed and degraded.

AFRICASwaziland, 1977 - A student projecting a filmstrip, part of the preparation for field work practice. Lead caption: This jointly sponsored project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Emaciated cattle at Dori in northern Upper Volta, which have managed to survive the drought due to an emergency fodder distribution by aircraft. Lead caption: Five years of...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cotton seed being loaded onto a French Air Force plane. The sacks will be "air-dropped" in northern Upper Volta to be used as fodder for starving cattle. Each sack contain...

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - An extension agent showing an instructional filmstrip to farmers. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Pr...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcass of a cow which died in the desert near Dori, in northern Upper Volta. Lead caption: Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy to Upper...

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - Shifting cultivator axing tree for firewood.

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - Workman at the poplar nursery at the Hadjeb-el-Aioun experimental and demonstration irrigated plantation where the growing trees are transforming a dry wasteland into a verdant forest....

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - Tilling the land with a camel-drawn plough. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Programme (Special Fund) with...

AFRICASenegal, 1969 - A catch is released aboard the ?aurent Amaro". Lead caption: SURVEY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PELAGIC FISH RESOURCES, Senegal, 1969. The use of traditional fishing methods and gea...

LibyaOfficial photographer P. Morin setting up to shoot an olive plantation with a large format foldable land camera in Assaba, Libya.

Tripoli, Libya, 1953 - Following the declaration of independence of Libya, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sent to that country a large mission of experts in agricult...

AFRICAUNDP Inter-Regional Desert Locust Project in East Africa Ethiopia, July 1968 - More than 40 countries, from West Africa to North India, are now threatened with the biggest desert locust outbreak s...

UNDP (SF) FAO Assistance to the Range Management Division of the KenyaMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. December 1967.At least four-fifths of Kenya is rangeland, yet this vast area atprese...

Mexico. Forestry expert, Mr. Louis Huguet (France) has been in Mexico Since 1951 on a technical assistance assignment for FAO. Attached to the Nacional Financiera, A Mexican Government development age...

Thailand, 1953 - The work of FAO's Nutrition Division covers a wide field, but much of it is concentrated on raising the levels of diet of children in the less well nourished parts of the world. Befor...

NEPAL, 1968. The mounting pressures of over population, soil erosion and land hunger are driving increasing numbers of the hill farmers of northern Nepal down to the southern plains. Of late the flow...

Tripoli, Libya, 1953 - Following the declaration of independence of Libya, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sent to that country a large mission of experts in agricult...

Tripoli, Libya, 1953 - Following the declaration of independence of Libya, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sent to that country a large mission of experts in agricult...

Thailand, 1953 - Tilapia fingerlings in net, caught for distribution to Thai farmers. Tilapia, looking like giant goldfish, weigh a half-pound 4 months after being a fingerling. Speed of growth for Ti...

Mexico. Forestry expert, Mr. Louis Huguet (France) has been in Mexico Since 1951 on a technical assistance assignment for FAO. Attached to the Nacional Financiera, A Mexican Government development age...

Tripoli, Libya, 1953 - Following the declaration of independence of Libya, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sent to that country a large mission of experts in agricult...

Bangkok, Thailand - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized in Thailand a National Centre for Grading and Inspection of Rice and the Economics of Rice storage o...

Peru was the best country for the Census Training Centre for Latin America Organized in Lima by the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Inter American Stati...

Tripoli, Libya, 1953 - Following the declaration of independence of Libya, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sent to that country a large mission of experts in agricult...

Sri LankaCeylon, 1953 - The sea covers more than half the earth's surface yet provides only about 1% of man's food - to a great extent because the majority of the world's fishermen carry on their work with onl...

Java, Indonesia, 1951 - Indonesia, with its huge population, is one of the most highly cultivated countries in the world and even the hillsides are terraced for growing rice which is the staple food o...

INDIA, 1951 - In the Terai area of India, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) work jointly to free the land of malaria in order to...

Indonesia, 1951 - Production of fish ponds has been carried out for many years in the Far East, and it is estimated that for a given area a well stocked fish pond can produce far more protein than any...

Bangkok - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is attempting to discover which brand of rice will grow best under various conditions. Bangkhen Agricultural College, near B...

United States of AmericaU.S.A. - Silt deposited in this cornfield measured 4,5 inches deep. Standing water plus silt completely destroyed the crop. Note how is cracked on drying.US Soil conservation Service photo, issued by...

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

ITALYView of the headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at night

Rome, Italy - An early view of the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

ITALYRome, Italy - Early photo showing the new FAO buidling in Rome,

ITALYRome, Italy - March 1955. Among the people Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt met when she visited the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome was Mr Frank McDougall, Au...

CANADAOctober 1945, Quebec, Canada - General view of a plenary session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Conference in Quebec. Representatives of nearly 40 nations met in Quebec and formed the Food...

ITALYAugust 1951, Rome, Italy - Headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.

ITALYRome, Italy - An early view of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Headquarters building.

ITALYRome, Italy - An early view of the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization as seen under snow fall.

ITALYNovember 1951, Rome, Italy - The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) one week before the opening of the sixth session of the Conference. The Conference bu...

ITALYAugust 1951, Rome, Italy - Construction taking place on the Headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.

ITALYRome, Italy, 1959 - A view of the Aventino side of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Headquarters Building with the flags of the member nations flying at the time of the 10th Session of...

ITALYBread and Circuses - The Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization o fthe United Nations (FAO) seen across one end of the Circus Maximus which served as a track for chariot races and an ar...

ITALYAugust 1951, Rome, Italy - Headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Conference building (in front) under construction.

ITALYRome, Italy - Early photo showing the new FAO buidling in Rome,

ITALYRome, Italy, 1951 - The construction of the headquarters of the Food and Agriuclture Organization of the United Nations is almost completed.

ITALYRome, Italy - March 1955. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt visited the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which spring from the Hot Springs Conference of 1943, called by...

ITALYRome, Italy - The headquarters building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as since through the Arch of Constantine.

ITALYRome, Italy - An early view of the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

ItalyInitiative World Plan graphic.

Mexico1967, Mexico, Oaxaca - state Handicraft School where ILO experts act as adviders.

ItalyInitiative World Plan banner,

ItalyGeneral view of the FAO Plenary Hall, during the 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, FAO Headquarters.

ItalyOfficial logo of ILO, International Labour Organization.

Mexico1967, Mexico, Oaxaca - state Handicraft School where ILO experts act as adviders.

italyGeneral view of the FAO Plenary Hall, during the 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, FAO Headquarters.

JAPAN1958, Japan - Census Training Center for Asia and the Far East.