MaliWoman spinning cotton thread. - - General: General.

UgandaA young widow, who is HIV positive, bought a sewing machine with a micro-loan from AWOFS and is now able to earn a living as a dressmaker in a shop in the suburbs of Kampala. - - AIDS Widows Orphan Fa...

GambiaWomen learning how to make soap. The Jenoi Agricultural Rural Farmers' Training Center (ARFTC) is encouraging income-generating activities for small farmers. - - General: General.

GambiaWomen learning how to make soap. The Jenoi Agricultural Rural Farmers' Training Center (ARFTC) is encouraging income-generating activities for small farmers. - - General: General.

GambiaWomen printing a batik design on some fabric. - - General: General.

GambiaWomen printing a batik design on some fabric. - - General: General.

TurkeyWoman weaving a silk carpet. - - Emergency Assistance to Small Farmers Affected by Marmara Earthquake: TCP/TUR/0065.

TurkeyWoman embroidering in a field. - - Emergency Assistance to Small Farmers Affected by Marmara Earthquake: TCP/TUR/0065.

TurkeyWoman embroidering inside the courtyard of an old house. - - Emergency Assistance to Small Farmers Affected by Marmara Earthquake: TCP/TUR/0065.

OmanBoat construction using traditional methods. The ribs and keel are made out of naturally grown timbers, usually teak from India. - - General: General.

Burkina FasoAs part of this Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project, young women being taught tailoring and dressmaking in the classroom of a training centre for women. - - Technical Cooperation Project: TC...

HondurasA woman farmer making tortillas on an cooking improved stove outside her house. The stove has been introduced by the project. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/...

ThailandWoman in a market selling street-food kebabs from a charcoal-fuelled stove. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficie...

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...

ThailandWorkers unloading charcoal from a boat. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficient processing and marketing and thei...

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...

ThailandA woman unloading mangrove logs that will be used for charcoal production. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficien...

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...

HondurasSilo manufacturing. A man making small silos for storing maize and beans. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

HondurasWorkers put cheese through a press in a cheese processing plant. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security throug...

HondurasA woman farmer holds soap paste that has been processed from olives. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security th...

HondurasA woman and her daughter putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to im...

HondurasIn a cheese processing plant, a woman holds a finished cheese. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through...

HondurasA woman farmer boiling olives that will be processed into soap. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through...

HondurasA woman and her daughter putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to im...

HondurasIn a cheese processing plant, workers weigh cheese. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agri...

HondurasA woman farmer sorting olives. The olives will be processed into soap. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security...

HondurasA woman putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

HondurasIn a cheese processing plant, workers boil milk. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agricul...

HondurasA woman processing vegetables and fruits for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agric...

HondurasSilo manufacturing. A man making small silos for storing maize and beans. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

HondurasA woman putting processed vegetables and fruits into glass jars for sale. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

HondurasSilo manufacturing. A man making small silos for storing maize and beans. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food securi...

MexicoWomen from the Huaves ethnic group carrying maize cobs in baskets on their heads and materials for weaving baskets under their arms. - - General: General.

MexicoWoman from the Huaves ethnic group with a hen under one arm and carrying a bundle of firewood in the other. - - General: General. Aaaaaaa" hhhh" fa' s "

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Woman weaving. - - General: General.

EcuadorYouth from the Afro-Ecuadorian community cleaning beans. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to im...

MexicoWoman from the Huaves ethnic group weaving a basket. - - General: General.

EcuadorTwo young boys walking down the road. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of...

GuatemalaFlower market on the steps of a church. - - General: General.

MexicoPortrait of a woman from the Huaves ethnic group. - - General: General.

EcuadorVillagers from the Afro-Ecuadorian community cleaning beans. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is t...

MexicoChild eating sweet corn in the local market. - - General: General.

MexicoFarmer drying coffee beans. - - General: General.

EcuadorGrandfather and grandchild. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a poor Afr...

MexicoPortrait of woman and child. - - General: General.

EcuadorNutrition training course: women are being taught how to prepare a dish using quinoa, a cereal rich in protein. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The a...

EcuadorFamilies washing their clothes in the River Chota. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve...

MexicoWoman from the Tarahumara ethnic group preparing "chicha" , a local beverage. - - General: General.

EgyptGirl decorating her skin with henna (Lawsonia alba), a reddish dye obtained from the powdered leaves of the henna plant. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Fores...

MexicoWoman selling citrus fruit in the market. - - General: General.

EgyptCraftsman using a traditional loom to weave cloth. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egyptian Min...

EgyptA traditional craftsman making baskets. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egyptian Ministry of A...

MexicoWoman, with a basket of birds on her head, counts her money after making a sale at a street market. - - General: General.

EgyptWoman baking bread. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land R...

MexicoWoman from the Huaves ethnic group weaving fabric on a small handloom that she has attached to a tree. - - General: General.

IraqWomen harvesting courgettes on a small family farm. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian po...

IraqWomen harvesting courgettes on a small family farm. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian po...

IraqCraftsman making carpets in a covered market. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian populati...

YemenWomen weaving at a women s school for traditional crafts in the capital. - - General: General.

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

BeninWomen from local villages are trained in commercial cooking; products are then sold to the public. - - General: General.

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)FAO expert discussing farming methods for food security with local farmers. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Foo...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Farmers trying out a new machine to shell maize. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve th...

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)FAO expert discussing farming methods for food security with local farmers. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Foo...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

EcuadorA woman spinning wool, a typical handicraft activity. - - General: General.

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

MozambiqueA fully grown Tule tree (Chlorophora excelsa), a very valuable wood. The land around the tree has been cleared to prevent bush fires from burning it. In this area Tule wood is used only for local need...

MozambiqueFelling the trunk of a Tule tree (Chlorophora excelsa). The tree has at least two trunks and by felling only one at a time, the others can be left to grow. One trunk is thus felled every sixteen years...

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...

MozambiqueA fully grown Tule tree (Chlorophora excelsa), a very valuable wood. The land around the tree has been cleared to prevent bush fires from burning it. In this area Tule wood is used only for local need...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

SudanCalabashes (gourd storage vessels) which are used as containers for milk, butter and seeds. - - General: General.

ItalyFamily wine cellar for domestic use. - - General: General.

SudanA portrait of members of Yambio?s women?s association, which produces soap and weaving materials. - - General: General.

ItalyWine bar selling wines produced in the Cinque Terre region of Italy. - - General: General.

PeruSale of processed food by low-income women, which was organized by Lima Council. - - General: General.

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...

CambodiaThis ex-serviceman, who was disabled by a rocket during an attack by the Khmers Rouges, is now a craftsman making a living constructing hoop-shaped fishing nets out of rattan and stuffing mattresses f...

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.

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...

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

KenyaClass of girl guides being taught needlework. - - General: General.

SloveniaSauerkraut (white cabbage) and grated turnip, cooked in white wine on sale in the central market. These are very popular foods in Slovenia. - - General: General.

YemenCraftsmen (blacksmiths) working at Sayun market. - - Conservation (Forestry Component): UTF/YEM/023. The project objectives cover a large range of activities: institution strengthening, watershed mana...

CambodiaWomen do not go out fishing as much as the men. Instead they are more occupied with the weaving of the mats used in the cages and traps. - - Participatory Natural Resources Management in the Tonle Sap...

CambodiaWomen do not go out fishing as much as the men, they are more occupied with the weaving of the mats used in the cages and traps. - - Participatory Natural Resources Management in the Tonle Sap: GCP/CM...

SenegalTraining to make improved cooking stoves (type 3 pierre amà?iorà?, designed to save wood. The materials used are clay, cow manure and straw. - - Amanagement des Fà?ets et Gestion de Terroirs du Wallo...

HaitiWoman doing her washing. - - General: General.

GhanaTraditional method of cooking involving high fuel consumption and uncontrolled fire. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries (IDAF): IDAF/GHA/93/008. The project aims at improving the workin...

PakistanFarm women at a sewing class conducted by a female extension worker. - - General: General.

PakistanExtension worker showing farmers' wives how to clean brass dishes. - - General: General.

Sri LankaYoung mother and her small sons making brass plates which will be sold in the local market. - - General: General.

NepalElderly woman and her grandchild in home garden. - - General: General.

EcuadorA general view of Guamote in the Province of Chimborazo. - - General: General.

GuineaA woman arranges mango slices on trays for drying, as part of an FAO project designed to promote household processing and conservation of produce. - - General: General.

MaliWomen weave mats in the village of Durukini, north of Nara, one of many villages in the Sahel facing catastrophic food losses from the grasshopper infestation. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the...