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...

CzechiaJan Masaryk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, opening the inaugural session of the International Timber Conference held in 1947 in Marianske Lazne. It was the first regional forestry con...

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...

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1967, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1990, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1990, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1967, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1990, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room during enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

1990, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following renovation works, FAO Headquarters.

1967, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following renovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1967, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

MOROCCOApril 1964, Rabat, Morocco - HIs Majesty Moulay Hassan II, King of Morocco, addressing the Diplomatic Corps and Court dignatories at the Royal Palace in Rabat.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

MOROCCOApril 1964, Rabat, Morocco - HIs Majesty Moulay Hassan II, King of Morocco, addressing the Diplomatic Corps and Court dignatories at the Royal Palace in Rabat.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

MOROCCOApril 1964, Rabat, Morocco - HIs Majesty Moulay Hassan II, King of Morocco, addressing the Diplomatic Corps and Court dignatories at the Royal Palace in Rabat.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

ITALY1987, Rome, Italy - Mohammed V Room following enovation works, FAO Headquarters.

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...

MOROCCOWEST AFRICA FISHERIES - MOROCCO, 1980 Tho Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has launched a special programme for the development and management of fisheries in 200-mile exclusive ec...

CHADWFP FEEDING OF VULNERABLE GROUPS AND ASSISTANCE TO DROUGHT REHABILITATION, Chad, 1981. Chad, ravaged by recurring droughts since 1967, has more recently been afflicted by civil war and political dis...

NIGERAgricultural, Development, Niger, 1983. One of the Sahalian countries most seriously affected by the drought of 1968-73, land-locked Niger has been assisted in its agricultural development by the UN/...

CHINACHINA, 1988 At the beginning of 1988, there were 51 FAO-executed or administered projects in the People's Republic of China, the world's most populous nation. Of these, 24 were UN Development Progr...

WFP SUPPORT TO FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT, China 1983. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) has as yet only a short history of working in China, but already it is second only to the World Bank grou...

PERUCOMMUNITY FORESTRYAND AFFORESTATION: Peru?, August 1985 The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, most of it indiscriminately cut by 5 miilion rural poor who need fuelwood and h...

INDIAMARICULTURE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION, Cochin, India, March 1987 To help Indian fisherfolk earn more income, a mariculture or "sea farming? centre for advanced studies has been established at the Cent...

COLOMBIAREHABILITATION OF SMALL FARMERS THROUGH INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT?, Colombia, December.1980. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the Government?s programme of Integrated Rural Deve...

THAILANDSMALL FARMERS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: SOUTH THAILAND, June 1987 The Small Farmer's Development Programme, launched in 1976 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is helping agricultural l...

EthiopiaPrefamine in Ethiopia, January 1988 On the road joining Mekele and Wukro in north Tigre, the International Red Cross Committee (IRCR) is authorized to distribute food to farmers and their families. P...

HaitiWFP ASSISTANCE TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND VULNERABLE GROUPS - Haiti, 1981 One of the world's poorest countries, Haiti is a small, largely rocky and mountainous island in the Caribbean. Agriculture is...

BENINImproving techniques in fish-processing cooperatives: Benin 1984 Fish has always been an important element in the Benin diet. Yet national fish production has fallen by 30 percent over the last 10 y...

COLOMBIANUTRITIONAL EDUCATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF VULNERABLE GROUPS Colombia, December 1980. Since 1969 the UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) has been assisting the Colombian Institute for Family W...

THAILANDThailand: 1989 Over the past few decades the Kingdom of Thailand has made such impressive advance in overall development that it is believed that it may soon become a ?NIC? - ?newly industrialized co...

EL SALVADOREL SALVADOR, 1986 - EMERGENCY On 10 October 1986 an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale struck El Salvador causing loss of life and vast material 'damage. An estimated 30,000 families wer...

PAKISTANPAKISTAN, 1987 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan covers 804.000 sq.kms. of the Indian Subcontinent. Much of the country is treeless and arid and deficient in water supplies. Only 21 percent of the l...

CONGODEVELOPING A FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE). May, 1971. Although relatively short, the 200-kilometre coastline of the Congo Republic (Brazzaville) is located in a region of considerab...

INDIARURAL YOUTH CLUBS, UDAIPUR UNIVERSITY, Rajasthan, India, 1973. Rural youth organizers from the Extension Department of Udaipur University are working enthusiastically in many villages throughout R...

EswatiniAGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, Swaziland, 1971. A Swaziland population census taken in 1966 revealed a total of 374,571 inhabitants in this compact country of 6,704 square miles (17,363 square kilometre...

LIBERIAFEEDING OF STUDENTS AND TRAINEES. Liberia, 1970. In 1965 the Government was obliged to adopt a policy of financial stringency necessitating drastic economies in public expenditure. Budgetary cuts...

KENYARANGE MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY OF KENYA. March 1970, The range area of Kenya, totalling about 170,000 square miles, covers approximately 8o% of the...

CHILECOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ARICA, Chile, May 1971. The middle length of Chile's ribbonlike land is climatically agreeable and is the centre of the country's agriculture, livestock ranching and indus...

MALIWFP ASSISTANCE TO ?PERATION PECHE" IN MALI, December 1977. About 8,500 fishermen, distributed over 400 villages in the central delta of the Niger river, receive rations from the UN/FAO World Food...

VENEZUELAENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION AND THE THREAT TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, 1971. VENEZUELA. A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. Air pollution in Caracas and water pollution in Lake Maracaibo are some of the problems...

COLOMBIANUTRITION EDUCATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF VULNERABLE GROUPS. Colombia, 1972. There is an urgent and immediate need in Colombia to expand major social services, particularly in the field of...

BangladeshRELIEF WORKS FOR LAND AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, Bangladesh, March 1976. World Food Programme is supporting food-for~work projects in Bangladesh currently employing up to two million workers. More tha...

KENYAUNDP(SF)/FAO ANIMAL HEALTH AND INDUSTRY TRAINING INSTITUTE. Nairobi, Kenya, December 1967. - Much of UNDP/FAO assistance in Kenya is concentrated in the education sector. At the Animal Health and...

Burkina FasoESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL CANTEENS, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, 1970. More than 12,000 children attend primary schools in Ouagadougou, the capital of Upper Volta. Many are suffering from malnutrition...

SUDANSCHOOL FEEDING, Sudan, 1971. A large-scale five-year programme of school feeding in the Sudan is costing the UN/FAO World Food Programme more than $23 million and benefiting more than 250,000 chil...

INDIARURAL YOUTH CLUBS, UDAIPUR UNIVERSITY, Rajasthan, India, 1973. Rural youth organizers from the Extension Department of Udaipur University are working enthusiastically in many villages throughout R...

PRODUCTION PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, TURKEY, 1971. In order to raise its export of food products, the Turkish Government has been giving high priority to the diversificatio...

AFGHANISTANFOOD ASSISTANCE TO BOARDING SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY IN KABUL. Afghanistan. 1970. In order to make higher education available to students from areas where there are as yet no high schools, the G...

GUATEMALATRAINING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Guatemala, December, 1972. The main purpose of the UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) project is the feeding of students at the Technical Institute for Agriculture,...

TUNISIAEXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATION ON THE PRODUCTION OF SELECTED TREE CROPS, FORAGE AND LIVESTOCK. Tunisia, 1970. An estimated area of 9,000,000 hectares in Tunisia is held to be productive, but of th...

BangladeshFISHER!ES DEVELOPMENT iIN ASIAN COUNTRIES, 1977. Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are each, in their different ways, endeavouring to improve their fisheries and establish fishing cooperat...

LIBYAAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE IN LIBYA Tripoli, December 1973. Libya lies on the North African coast, with a land area of 679,358 square miles and an estimated (1970) population of 1,900,0...

HaitiRURAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, Haiti, 1979, Haiti is classified by the United Nations as one of the least economically developed countries. lt is currently receiving assistance from the U...

INDIARURAL YOUTH CLUBS, UDAIPUR UNIVERSITY, Rajasthan, India, 1973. Rural youth organizers from the Extension Department of Udaipur University are working enthusiastically in many villages throughout R...

LESOTHOPRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL FEEDING, LESOTHO, 1971. Continued crop failure in Lesotho has resulted in severe malnutrition, especially amongst mothers and children. UN/FAO World Food Programme is...

Côte d'IvoireSURVEY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PELAGIC FISH RESOURCES. Ivory Coast, 1970 (The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire from 1 January 1986). In order to asses and develop the pelagic fish resources of its coastal waters...

BRAZILMOGIANA AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION SCHEME. Brazil, April 1970. Diversification of agricultural production is regarded as a necessity for the economic development of Brazil. This would enable the...

INDIARURAL YOUTH CLUBS, UDAIPUR UNIVERSITY, Rajasthan, India, 1973. Rural youth organizers from the Extension Department of Udaipur University are working enthusiastically in many villages throughout R...

Burkina FasoSEEDS AND EQUIPMENT FOR VEGETABLE GARDENS FOR RURAL EDUCATION CENTRES. Upper Volta. 1970. The population of Upper Volta is nearly five millions, with some 95 percent living on the land. Although t...

NetherlandsRadio Nederland operates a radio and television training Center at Hilversum (Netherlands) where four months courses are being organized for radio and television workers from developing countries. Two...

INDONESIAMARINE FISHERIES TRAINING, Indonesia, 1974. Although marine fishing is an age-old occupation in Indonesia, modern fisheries development only began to gather momentum in the very recent past throug...

EswatiniRURAL LIFE, Swaziland, 1977. Swaziland is a compact land-locked country with a population estimated at 575,500 in 1974. The nation is a member of FAO. Various UN agencies have assisted in the impr...

ZAMBIACENTRAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE. Zambia, 1970. The purpose of the four-year project is to assist the Government in continuing the work of the research Institute located at Chilanga, ten miles...

MOROCCORURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MOROCCO. Western Rif, Northern Morocco, 1967. Miss. V. Hazzard (United States), A UN Technical Assistance expert in a Rural Community Development, teaches knitting to the women of...

ECUADOREcuador, 1966. As part of its land reform, the Government of Ecuador, assisted by FAO and the Technical Assistance section of the UN Development Programme, is carrying out a colonisation project on tw...

Fishing Technology, Senegal, 1969. The Oceanographic and Marine Fisheries Technical School at Thiaroye, near Dakar, was recently established by the Government. Its main purpose is to improve Seneg...

CHILEFISHERIES DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, FAO/ UNSF Valparaiso, Chile, 1965. The United Nations Special Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organizati0n are suppctrting a Fisheries Development Institute, which i...

AFRICABasutoland, (Lesotho from 1966), May 1966. The Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund have combined forces to help the government of the country teach its people abou...

NIGERFEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF MILLET IN NIGER, 1968. The economy of Niger is based on agrcolture and livestock. The principal crop is millet, an essential and traditional cere...

AFRICADAHOMEY, May 1962 (Benin People's Republic from 1975-December). Of some 120 thousand fishermen in Dahomey more than 100 thousand are lagoon fishermen. But as fish stocks are decreasing in the lago...

1963 - The United Nations and four of its agencies have now reached the 10th year of the programme to help the 7 -million Indians who live in the high plateaux of the Andean mountains. Under the manag...

NIGERIAFORESTRY FACULTY AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN IBADAN, Nigeria, February 1967. Due to a limited supply of timber, and increasing demands for firewood and lumber for construction, Nigeria has felt it im...

INDIAUNDP TA DEEP-SEA FISHING OPERATIONS. India 1969 . The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO now has four master fishermen in India conducting a United Nations Development Programme-Technical Assistan...

BURUNDIKitega, Burundi. 1968. AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. The farmers of Burundi, like many in the world, are subject to the vagaries of their soil and climate. Before they can improve conditions,...

DEEP-SEA FISHING TRAINING CENTRE, Pusan, Republic of Korea, December 1968. This United Nations Development Programme-Special Fund (UNDP-SF) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project has the...

United Republic of TanzaniaTANZANIA, August 1966. At Musoma, on the south east shore of Lake Victoria, a training centre for women and girls has been built with funds from the Swedish International Development Authority, as a g...

Fishing Technology, Senegal, 1969. The Oceanographic and Marine Fisheries Technical School at Thiaroye, near Dakar, was recently established by the Government. Its main purpose is to improve Seneg...

CHILEFISHERIES DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, FAO/ UNSF Valparaiso, Chile, 1965. The United Nations Special Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organizati0n are suppctrting a Fisheries Development Institute, whi...