MadagascarView of countryside with rice terraces and watershed management. - - General: General.

MadagascarClose-up of rice terraces. - - General: General.

MadagascarPreparation of soil before planting rice seedlings on terraced hillsides. - - General: General.

ChinaFarmers digging terraces with hand tools. - - Special Programme for Food Security. The Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) is being implemented in ten counties of China. Fifty farmer households...

ChinaFarmers digging terraces with hand tools. - - Special Programme for Food Security. The Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) is being implemented in ten counties of China. Fifty farmer households...

IraqAfforestation programme: Making contours for planting tree seedlings. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering...

NepalTerracing in Trisuli area. - - Nepal, with an area of 147,181 km2., is a Kingdom located on the mid-Himalayan Section of Asia. It is a small landlocked country, situated at a distance of about 500 km....

MadagascarBananas being loaded onto truck for transportation. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a...

MadagascarRice on irrigated terraces. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a source of income for th...

PeruAn extension agent explains how to make slow-forming terraces, which require deep topsoil and consist of a series of walls built across the slope and heightening as they begin to fill in. - - Soil Con...

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Threshing wheat outside a typical abode village in the Tabriz area. - - Irrigation, Erosion and Sand Fixation. The Government of Iran has built several dams for irrigation and potable water supplies,...

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Sun-baked deposit of alluvial silt on the banks of the river which feeds the Shabbano Faraf reservoir. - - Irrigation, Erosion and Sand Fixation. The Government of Iran has built several dams for irri...