KENYA2 June 2020, Napeikar, Kenya - Turkana farmer Joseph Tirkwel asses the severe damage of his maize crops while hopper bands of Desert Locust ravage them in Napeikar, Turkana County, Kenya. Joseph Tirkw...

KENYA2 June 2020, Napeikar, Kenya - Turkana farmer Joseph Tirkwel asses the severe damage of his maize crops while hopper bands of Desert Locust ravage them in Napeikar, Turkana County, Kenya. Joseph Tirkw...

KENYA2 June 2020, Napeikar, Kenya - Turkana farmer Joseph Tirkwel asses the severe damage of his maize crops while hopper bands of Desert Locust ravage them in Napeikar, Turkana County, Kenya. Joseph Tirkw...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - Gurung peasant women returning to their village, their baskets laden with leaves and grasses. This animal fodder has been gathered from indiscriminately stripped forests in the foothills...

Burkina FasoSettlement in the Kou Valley, Upper Volta, 1970 - The Government is giving high priority to the expansion of rice cultivation in its four-year development plan. One of several land reclamation in oper...

KENYA28 May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Adonijah Ouma stands in his irrigated maize garden. This new way of planting allows farmers to save excess rain water that would otherwise wash away top soil and...

SOMALIA02 February 2012, Dhollow, Somalia - FAO Director-General Jos?raziano da Silva walking through land irrigated with water pumps purchased by FAO.

SENEGAL11 June 2011, Widou - A participant of the Africa Drylands Week conference visiting a part of the Great Green Wall Project (Grande Muraille Verte) learning about a multi-purpose garden. The garden, es...

SENEGAL11 June 2011, Widou - Colonel Sarre of the Great Green Wall Project (Grande Muraille Verte) explaining to a visiting participant of the Africa Drylands Week conference a multi-purpose garden seen in t...

SENEGAL11 June 2011, Widou - Participants of the Africa Drylands Week conference visiting a part of the Great Green Wall Project (Grande Muraille Verte) learning about a multi-purpose garden. The garden, est...

Haiti12 June 2006, La Branle - An FAO project beneficiary working on the papaya crops growing on her land. FAO Project OSRO/HAI/502/EC - Reconstruction of irrigated farmlands on the outskirts of Dubédou a...

Haiti12 June 2006, La Branle - An FAO project beneficiary working on the papaya crops growing on her land. FAO Project OSRO/HAI/502/EC - Reconstruction of irrigated farmlands on the outskirts of Dubédou a...

Haiti12 June 2006, La Branle - An FAO project beneficiary inspecting corn crops growing on her land. FAO Project OSRO/HAI/502/EC - Reconstruction of irrigated farmlands on the outskirts of Dubédou and Bas...

MALAWIFemale farmer monitoring water flow down the irrigation channel. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmers operating a treadle pump. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWITending rape seedlings. This season they have followed advice given through the project by line planting them instead of at random and spread out in order to reduce disease and let more light reach th...

MALAWIHolding a cassava plant. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIPortrait of farmer with her cassava plants. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIPortrait of female farmer. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWITwo farmers operating treadle pump. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWITending rape seedlings. This season they have followed advice given through the project by line planting them instead of at random and spread out in order to reduce disease and let more light reach t...

MALAWIHarvesting rice crop. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIHoeing cassava plants. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFAO officer evaluating lettuce crop with farmer. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmers hoeing their crops. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIYoung boy using the treadle pump provided by the project. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer amongst his cassava plants. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWICouple tending to their acacia seedlings. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIConsultants from Total Land Care advising how to space cabbages to ensure better growth to a farmer from the cooperative. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer monitoring water flow of irrigation channel. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIHarvesting rice crop. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer using the treadle pump provided by the project. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIPulling up a cassava plant. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIWoman farmer hoeing. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIPortrait of children from the cooperative. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer building a protective fence that will shield crops from the wind as well as from livestock. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIHarvesting rice crop. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmers hoeing their crops. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIA government agricultural extension officer giving guidance on how to care for the cassava plant. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer in his field of winter maize. The first winter crop will be harvested in August and be sold later in November when the price for maize is highest. Growth during the dry season was made possible...

MALAWIFarmer monitoring water flow down irrigation channel. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer adding granules of fertilizer to crops, on the advice of Total Land Care, a partner organization working with FAO on this project. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFemale farmer helping the flow of water from irrigation channel to reach crops. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIA government agricultural extension officer tending a cassava plant. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIHoeing a cabbage plot irrigated by treadle pump. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmers reinforce banks of irrigation channel with extra soil. The channel has also been lined with polythene to prevent water loss. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWITwo female farmers operating the treadle pump. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmer harvest cutting sugar cane crop. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIPortrait of farmer with hoe. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFollowing project advice by line planting cassava seeds with adequate spacing to reduce disease and allow more light to reach the plants, thus ensuring better growth. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Proje...

MALAWIFarmers hoeing their crops. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFemale farmer monitoring water flow down the irrigation channel. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIPortrait of cooperative farmers involved in the project. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWITwo female farmers operating the treadle pump. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIA government agricultural extension officer showing a farmer how to care for the cassava plant. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIHoeing cassava plants. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmers hoeing their crops. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFarmers sowing mustard seeds. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIFemale farmer tending her tomato plants which have benefited from use of the treadle pump supplied by the project. - - Treadle Pump Irrigation Project and Cassava Project.

MALAWIMaking compost on plot of land that has benefited from use of the treadle pump. Area now in use during dry season is producing at least double the normal in comparison with the non-irrigated area. Tom...

UgandaFemale manager from a nursery growing an improved variety of Clonal coffee is demonstrating how to take a cutting from a plant. - - Small-scale Irrigation Development in Support of the Special Program...

UgandaFarmers taking cuttings clonal coffee plants, an improved variety. - - Small-scale Irrigation Development in Support of the Special Programme for Food Security.

UgandaFarmer holding a branch that he has just cut from a clonal coffee plant. The branch will then be divided into small cuttings from which seedlings will be propagated from this improved variety. - - Sma...

UgandaWoman farmer holding small branches cut from a clonal coffee plant. The branches will then be divided into small cuttings from which seedlings will be propagated from this improved variety. - - Small-...

UgandaFarmers holding branches that have just been cut from a clonal coffee plant. The branches will then be divided into small cuttings from which seedlings will be propagated from this improved variety. -...

UgandaA group of women farmers planting cuttings from Clonal coffee plants, which will eventually be sold to generate income. - - Small-scale Irrigation Development in Support of the Special Programme for F...

UgandaA group of women farmers planting cuttings from Clonal coffee plants, which will eventually be sold to generate income. - - Small-scale Irrigation Development in Support of the Special Programme for F...

GeorgiaWoman farmer harvesting maize grown on irrigated land where production has been intensified. - - Small-scale Irrigation and Drainage Rehabilitation: TCP/GEO/8821/D.

GeorgiaFarmer harvesting maize on irrigated land where production has been intensified. - - Small-scale Irrigation and Drainage Rehabilitation: TCP/GEO/8821/D.

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

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

ChinaA dam that is part of the Du Jiang Irrigation System on the Minjiang River. This system was built around 250 B.C. to prevent floods from the Minjiang River and, at the same time, irrigate the Chengdu...

ChinaClose-up of a bridge over a canal that is part of the Du Jiang Irrigation System on the Minjiang River. This system was built around 250 B.C. to prevent floods from the Minjiang River and, at the same...

ChinaView of bridge over a canal that is part of the Du Jiang Irrigation System on the Minjiang River. This system was built around 250 B.C. to prevent floods from the Minjiang River and, at the same time,...

ChinaView of bridge over a canal that is part of the Du Jiang Irrigation System on the Minjiang River. This system was built around 250 B.C. to prevent floods from the Minjiang River and, at the same time,...

EgyptForestation activities: nursery worker tending trees that have been planted in desert lands irrigated by recycled sewage water. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urba...

EgyptDesert land that has been irrigated by recycled sewage water and planted with seedlings. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The P...

EgyptRows of trees planted along the banks of irrigation and drainage canals. The trees will be used for sand dune fixation and to combat desertification. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and De...

EgyptNursery worker inspecting rows of cypress and Senegalese mahogany trees that have been planted for environmental purposes and wood production. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Developme...

EgyptWorker tending seedlings in the greenhouse of the main government nursery in Luxor. The trees will be used for different purposes: promoting the establishment of forests in arid areas and for sand dun...

EgyptNursery worker tends tree seedlings planted outside the main government nursery in Luxor. The trees will be used for different purposes: promoting the establishment of forests in arid areas and for sa...

EgyptDevelopment of afforestation activities in desert land irrigated by treated sewage water and ground water. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/...

EgyptMulberry trees (Morus alba L.) that have been planted on desert land irrigated by treated sewage water. These trees are used for silk worm production and also serve as windbreaks. - - Preparation of a...

EgyptView of a water management plant and sewage water treatment station that filters underground and treated sewage water. A sluice gate directs water to an irrigation canal and stones are used to filter...

EgyptCanal of treated sewage water mixed with underground water and used for irrigation purposes. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). T...

Water management plant and sewage water treatment station that filters underground and treated sewage water. A sluice gate directs water to an irrigation canal and stones are used to filter the sewage...

EgyptFarmer, with primitive hand tools, working in a field of alfalfa, which is cultivated for forage. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(...

EgyptGirls working for a date firm: packing dates into boxes. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egypti...

EgyptField worker examining the sprinkler irrigation system on a pilot plantation of olive and fig trees. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/78...

Water management plant and sewage water treatment station that filters underground and treated sewage water. A sluice gate directs water to an irrigation canal and stones are used to filter the sewage...

EgyptNursery worker tending Senegalese mahogany tree seedlings in a nursery of the pilot demonstration plantation. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: T...

EgyptBoy climbing a date palm growing on a date plantation. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egyptian...

EgyptA new canal that uses sewage water for irrigation puposes. (Salat Lake is in the background). - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A)....

EgyptStreet food: stall holder cooking falafel. - - 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...

EgyptPlanting Senegalese mahogany trees on the banks of irrigation and drainage canals. The trees will be used for sand dune fixation and for combating desertification. - - Preparation of a National Tree P...

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...

EgyptThe ancient fortress of Shali was built using local mud, strong enough to support an eight-storey building, but it contained a high salt content that dissolved in the occasional heavy rains. This acco...

EgyptRows of trees planted on the banks of irrigation and drainage canals. The trees will be used for sand dune fixation and for combating desertification. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and D...

Main water management plant (sewage water treatment station) that provides 25 000 sqm of recycled sewage water every day for irrigation of afforestation activities. - - Preparation of a National Tree...

EgyptFarmer using a traditional hand tool on the west bank of the Nile. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by...