Guyana23 February 2020, Karasabai, South Pakaraimas, Guyana - A quartered armadillo hunted the night before and shared amongst 4 hunters is prepared in a traditional clay pot with vegetables. Armadillos are...

Guyana23 February 2020, Karasabai, South Pakaraimas, Guyana - A quartered armadillo hunted the night before and shared amongst 4 hunters is prepared in a traditional clay pot with vegetables. Armadillos are...

Guyana23 February 2020, Karasabai, South Pakaraimas, Guyana - A quartered armadillo hunted the night before and shared amongst 4 hunters is prepared in a traditional clay pot with vegetables. Armadillos are...

Guyana23 February 2020, Karasabai, South Pakaraimas, Guyana - A quartered armadillo hunted the night before and shared amongst 4 hunters is prepared in a traditional clay pot with vegetables. Armadillos are...

Guyana23 February 2020, Karasabai, South Pakaraimas, Guyana - A quartered armadillo hunted the night before and shared amongst 4 hunters. Armadillos are a popular protein around this region and a common pre...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men are seen on the Rupununi river with fish and a turtle they have caught.

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men are seen on the Rupununi river with fish and a turtle they have caught.

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence.

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence.

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A local woman is seen fishing with her family using a net in the shallows of the Rupununi River.

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men are seen on the Rupununi river with fish and a turtle they have caught. The men also have a homemade gun for hunting that fires a single cartridge sh...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his natural right as an indigenous p...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his natural right as an indigenous p...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A local woman is seen fishing with her family using a net in the shallows of the Rupununi River. This is not only the major staple food in the region along wit...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men are seen on the Rupununi river with fish and a turtle they have caught. The men also have a homemade gun for hunting that fires a single cartridge sh...

MadagascarView of tea plantation on terraced hillside with reforestation in the background and eroded hillsides in the distance. - - General: General.

NepalFAO consultant shows farmers a pointer on potatoes. - - Special Programme for Food Security in Nepal or SPIN.

NepalA woman in traditional dress performs a prayer ritual against the terraced backdrop of the Himalaya mountain range. - - General: General.

IndonesiaWorker picking tomatoes in the greenhouse of a family farm. - - General: General.

IndonesiaView of vegetables growing on a family farm situated 1,000 metres above sea level. The farm has introduced Nutrient Film Technique to grow leafy vegetables, such as spinach, broccoli and Chinese cab...

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...

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...

FranceField of sprouting potatoes planted using the classic method of placing one row of potatoes under one mound of earth. - - General: General.

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...

FranceTractor lightly plowing between rows of sugar beet. - - General: General.

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...

FranceField of potatoes just planted using the ridge of earth technique (three rows of potatoes planted under the same ridge). - - General: General.

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...

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...

El SalvadorFarmer clearing land where maize is grown. Once the maize has been harvested, the stalks are not removed from soil to avoid erosion. The maize acts as a fertilizer and the residue left in the ground w...

El SalvadorFarmer clearing land where maize is grown. Once the maize has been harvested, the stalks are not removed from soil to avoid erosion. The maize acts as a fertilizer and the residue left in the ground w...

ItalyView of windbreaks, made from dried Erica plants, which are used to protect the vines in the vineyards of the Cinque Terre region of Italy. - - General: General.

ItalyFarmer cultivating vines with hillside terraced with vineyards in the background. Broom plants that been boiled and dried are used to tie back the grapes. - - General: General.

ItalyHillside terraced with vineyards near the Mediterranean coast. - - General: General.

ItalyA monorail used to transport grapes up the hillsides of the Cinque Terre region. - - General: General.

ItalyFarmer cultivating vines with hillside terraced with vineyards in the background. Broom plants that been boiled and dried are used to tie back the grapes. - - General: General.

ItalyView of windbreaks, made from dried Erica plants, which are used to protect the vines in the vineyards of the Cinque Terre region of Italy. - - General: General.

ItalyView of hillsides terraced with vineyards on the Mediterranean coast. - - General: General.

EritreaErroneous planting distance for potatoes. - - General: General.

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...

Burkina FasoFarmer using animal traction to plough while his young daughter leads the two oxen. - - Animal Traction Implements as Assistance to Rural Development. At the beginning of this joint FAO/Demark project...

PhilippinesFarmers rake the bed of a paddy field at Angar near Manila in preparation for p1anting. This is part of a 40,000 ha. area being brought under irrigation by a Government scheme. - - Agricultural Produc...