SudanBlacksmith building shovels for farmers. The project provides the metal leaves and pays the blacksmiths. The shovels are then given to farmers who have received land by the town council or are back on...

SudanBlacksmith building shovels for farmers. The project provides the metal leaves and pays the blacksmiths. The shovels are then given to farmers who have received land by the town council or are back on...

SudanBlacksmith building shovels for farmers. The project provides the metal leaves and pays the blacksmiths. The shovels are then given to farmers who have received land by the town council or are back on...

SudanBlacksmith building shovels for farmers. The project provides the metal leaves and pays the blacksmiths. The shovels are then given to farmers who have received land by the town council or are back on...

CambodiaRice work. - - Participatory Natural resource Management in the Tonle Sap Region: GCP/CMB/008/BEL. The project has worked in Siem Reap since 1995 on assisting the Government of Cambodia, Ministry of A...

CambodiaUnloading bricks at the "harbour" of Siem Reap: Due to the lack of harbour facilities everything is loaded and unloaded by hand. The changing water level is making the construction of a harbour diffic...

CambodiaFish buyers waiting for the catch to come in. They buy and transport fish to the markets, to smoking or other processing, or to the duck farms and crocodile farms which use a lot of fish as feed. - -...

AfghanistanMen digging the foundations of an irrigation canal. - - General: General. The mountainous terrain of Afghanistan provides upland grazing on a seasonal basis. Practically all farmers keep animals, whic...

BrazilLandless worker father and child outside of their dwelling. - - General: General.

BangladeshFarmers unfurl irrigation hose, a method that is less labour intensive than building canals. - - On Farm Water Management Pilot Programme in Support of SPFS: TCP/BGD/8928.

MoroccoBoat construction at El Jadida shipyard. - - General: General.

HondurasArmed guard at a petrol station. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agricultural practices...

CambodiaIntegrated Pest Management (IPM): Two farmers, both of them landmine victims, working in a rice field. The combined effect of better water management, use of certified seeds and appropriate fertilizer...

HondurasFarmer working in the fields of Camapara, where in response to changing conditions, traditional and indigenous methods are used to cultivate the land. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Su...

CambodiaImproved pig-raising, using antibiotic treatment, has helped to reduce pig mortality rates from 35 to 10%. - - Special Programme for Food Security: SPFS/CMB/6701. The series of wars in and around Camb...

HondurasFarmer drinking coffee. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agricultural practices with peop...

HondurasWorker storing maize in a warehouse. This maize will be used to feed livestock. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food...

HondurasWorker storing maize in a warehouse. This maize will be used to feed livestock. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food...

HondurasSpanish colonial village. This is one of the sites where the project is based. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food s...

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...

HondurasMen and boys transporting maize following its harvest. Maize harvesting is one of the main activities of the men of the village. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: G...

HondurasMen and boys transport the maize harvest. Maize harvesting is one of the main activities of the men of the village. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NE...

HondurasMen and boys transport the maize harvest. Maize harvesting is one of the main activities of the men of the village. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NE...

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...

HondurasWorker storing maize in a warehouse. This maize will be used to feed livestock. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food...

HondurasA farmer and a boy harvesting maize. Maize harvesting is one of the main activities of the men of the village. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. Th...

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 storing maize in a warehouse. This maize will be used to feed livestock. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food...

MoroccoThe frame of a fishing vessel under construction at El Jadida harbour in Morocco. - - General: General.

MoroccoBoat construction at El Jadida shipyard. - - General: General.

MoroccoBoat construction at El Jadida shipyard. - - General: General.

MoroccoBoat-building at El Jadida shipyard. - - General: General.

MoroccoBoat-building at El Jadida shipyard. - - General: General.

IraqA traditional tea room in Baghdad. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian population as a res...

SerbiaDistribution of wood for 16 villages heavily destroyed by Serbian bombing during the recent civil war. The wood, which was very good quality, came from Scotland and Norway and there was also free dist...

MoroccoFishermen unload their catch of sardines from a ship. The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries establishes principles and standards of behavior for conservation, management and development of fis...

PeruAnchovy fishmeal. Los Ferroels fishmeal plant. - - General: General.

PeruAnchovy fishmeal. Los Ferroels fishmeal plant. - - 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...

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...

CambodiaA landmine victim of the war with the Khmer Rouges in 1989 finishing off the construction of a small house made from bamboo. This man is a small farmer who also cultivates maize and vegetables and rai...

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...

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...

Syrian Arab RepublicYoung villagers returning home after a day's work. - - Forestry and Food Security: GCP/INT/539/ITA. The host country of this project is Syria and it aims to strengthen, by appropriate training and dem...

Syrian Arab RepublicYoung villagers returning home after a day's work. - - Forestry and Food Security: GCP/INT/539/ITA. The host country of this project is Syria and it aims to strengthen, by appropriate training and dem...

SenegalSale of bread at the roadside. - - Integrated Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Project for the Development of Four Villages.: SEN/87/027. Integrated agro-silvo-pastoral project for the development of four villages...

HaitiWorkers engaged in building embankments in the area of the artificial lake of Te Kase. - - Establishment of a support unit to the project PAM/ HAI/2820: FAO/HAI/089/024. The building of the artificial...

HaitiWorkers engaged in building embankments in the area of the artificial lake of Te Kase. - - Establishment of a support unit to the project PAM/HAI/2820: FAO/HAI/089/024. The building of the artificial...

Sierra LeoneAlternative activities are generating year-round incomes. Man at work in a rice paddy. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries (IDAF). The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal F...

MyanmarWorkers at a state-run aquaculture farm in central Burma (Myanmar) harvest silver and pink carp with large nets from one of the many fishponds. FAO's fisheries programme is seeking to develop both com...

YemenWadi Hadramaut case study irrigation en cuvette. The water is retained by the small dirt dikes. - - Agricultural Project Case Study, Wadi Hadramaut: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Financed by...

EthiopiaClose-up of an Ethiopian peasant who is working on a soil conservation project. - - Assistance to soil and water conservation. Reafforestation and erosion control work is being carried out in Ethiopia...

TogoA millet mill in operation. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are mainly focused on farmers and the increase of agricultural product...

TogoMembers of a rural community sieving sand while working on construction of a village school. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are m...

TogoBlind village chief sitting outside his dwelling. - - Integrated rural development. Operations of this FAO project are located in the north of Togo and are mainly focused on farmers and the increase o...

AlgeriaLand reclamation through reforestation near Ain Beida, about 110 km. southeast of Constantine. Workers are planting young seedlings of Pinus Halepensis in an arid region. The seedlings are carried par...

AlgeriaA team of workers planting seedlings of Pinus Halepensis in a largely arid region near Ain Beida, about 110 km. southeast of Constantine. An earlier successful attempt at land reclamation in this regi...