ThailandVillagers of the picturesque Andaman island known as Panyee tend fish they are raising in cages. Once harvested, these fish will be sold to supply the restaurants catering to tourists in nearby Phuket...

ThailandA local fisherman returns by boat to the picturesque fishing village on the island of Panyee that extends out into the water and is built on small pilings. Cages in which fish are raised can be seen o...

NigerVillager checks a fish cage in which fish are kept in small pools to grow to a sufficient size before they are harvested prior to the pools drying up with the onset of the dry season. - - General: Gen...

NamibiaYoung palm trees are grown in green houses before being transferred to the fields. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communal Farming a...

NamibiaPrivate sector date palm tissue culture laboratory which is the only such lab in the country. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communa...

NamibiaPrivate sector date palm tissue culture laboratory which is the only such lab in the country. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communa...

NamibiaPrivate sector date palm tissue culture laboratory which is the only such lab in the country. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communa...

NamibiaPrivate sector date palm tissue culture laboratory which is the only such lab in the country. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communa...

NamibiaYoung palm trees are grown in green houses before being transferred to the fields. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communal Farming a...

NamibiaPrivate sector date palm tissue culture laboratory which is the only such lab in the country. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namibia - Introduction of Date Palm Cultivation into Communa...

LebanonThe fish farm in Anjar Bekaa Valley produces rainbow trout to sell to restaurants and shops and is rearing about 16 000 fish in its ponds. After two months the fish are given to restaurants and shops...

LebanonClose-up of rainbow trout in fish farm. The farm produces rainbow trout to sell to restaurants and shops and is rearing about 16 000 fish in its ponds. After two months the fish are given to restauran...

LebanonThe Director of a fish farm in Anjar Bekaa Valley with two-day old trout from Denmark. The farm produces rainbow trout to sell to restaurants and shops and is rearing about 16 000 fish in its ponds. A...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicFish farm. Small farm fry production operation in net cages. Young girl catching common carp and Puntius fry in a scoop net. The fine net cages are constructed from mosquito netting. Simple fry produc...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicA scene of a model fish farm with integrated rice and fish culture that shows animal pens built over the water in order that ducks will fertilize the ponds. Low input and low investment in aquaculture...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicWoman selling fish. Fresh fish commands a premium price in the city and provincial markets. There is a huge demand nation-wide for both cultured and captured fish. During the dry season, cultured fish...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicModel integrated fish farm. Fish pond integrated with floating vegetables. The vegetables are consumed by the farm family and the surplus is sold at local markets. Rice cultivation is also practised a...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicA model of an integrated fish farm. Combination of fish ponds with ducks. The pen is built above the pond so that the water is fertilized directly with spilt feed and manure. - - LAO/97/007. This aqua...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated rice-fish-poultry farm. Throwing a net into a pond to fish. This farm produces common carp, telapia as well as its own fry; it also has a small restaurant that adds value to the fish produc...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicFish farm. This farm was gradually converted from rice paddy to aquaculture over an eight-year period. Originally the farmer received training through a previous FAO aquaculture project. The ponds wer...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicModel fish farm. Fish fry production: cast-netting in a shallow fish pond. Fish fry are produced for common carp, Chinese carp, telapia and silver barb Lack of mechanization and high cost of pond cons...

ColombiaWoman scientist at CIAT examining plantlets of cassava (Manihot esculenta) in the in-vitro genebank. 100 genotypes from the large CIAT field collection have been taken through the entire procedure of...

MALAWIALCOM has been spreading awareness of fisheries and aquaculture in Botswana. It is also strengthening information on the fishing of small water bodies in Botswana and trying and helping to tap these t...

LibyaProgramme for the eradication of New World Screwworm from North Africa Dissecting flies collected from the field to determine if they are Screwworm (and if sterile or fertile) or other species. - - Sc...

LibyaNWS larvae. - - Screwworm Emergency Centre for North Africa (SECNA). In 1989 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations confirmed the presence of New World Screwworm (NWS), Cochliom...

LibyaSECNA Field Programme. The Field Programme offices in Tripoli. In addition to international staff, nearly 400 Libyans were employed during the Programme. - - Screwworm Emergency Centre for North Afr...

LibyaProgramme for the eradication of New World Screwworm from North Africa Dissecting f1ies collected from the field to determine if they are Screwworm (and if sterile or fertile) or other species. - - Sc...

LibyaThe SECNA Field Programme offices in Tripoli. In addition to international staff, nearly 400 Libyans were employed during the Programme. - - Screwworm Emergency Centre for North Africa (SECNA). In 1...

CongoCollection of data related to size and weight of Tilapia nilotica in order to monitor quality and quantity of pond production. - - Development of Rural Fish Farming: PRC/88/007/C/01/12. Food self-suff...

IndiaA scientist monitors the growth of a cutting in the culture laboratory where tomatoes, maize, potatoes, beans and many types of mustard seeds (Brassicas) are propagated. - - Plant Biotechnology. Bio...

IndiaThe Institute vineyard where major research has released several successful hybrid grape varieties for higher yield, disease resistance, good quality, attractive colour, and low-cost production. Grape...

IndiaBreeders selectively pollinate an experimental crop of hybrid onions growing in FAO-provided breeding cages. Several successful varieties providing higher yields and longer storage duration have been...

IndiaA scientist checks a papaya orchard undergoing nutrition and population density studies. The Centre has successfully incorporated resistance to mosaic virus into the commercially cultivated species, C...

IndiaA scientist checks new hybrids in the orchid laboratory raised by tissue culture with FAO-provided facilities. Several promising hybrids have been developed and are being multiplied. Anthurium around...

MadagascarFishponds with outlets. - - 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 the in...

IndonesiaResearch and testing is carried out at the National Freshwater Aquaculture Development Centre at Sukabumi, Java, into edible frog and prawn culture for the export market. - - Small Scale Fisheries Dev...

ChinaAquaculture operations at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre, near Canton. - - Fish Farming Techniques. The domestic raising of fish in village ponds has been practiced in China for...

ChinaCasting nets into a man-made fish pond at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre at Kwangchow, near Canton. - - Fish Farming Techniques. The domestic raising of fish in village ponds ha...

ChinaFisherfolk learn new aquaculture techniques at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre, near Canton. Here they are shown harvesting adult carp from a pond. These fish will be sold in the...

ChinaFish farmers in Kwangtung Province transfer their harvest of live carp from small canoes to the hold of a large vessel which will transport the fish to the Canton markets. - - Fish Farming Techniques....

ChinaA worker at the Kwangchow Centre checks the growth of carp fingerlings prior to transferring them to maturing ponds. - - Fish Farming Techniques. The domestic raising of fish in village ponds has been...