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...

Burkina FasoForesters and village leaders discussing exploitation of forests during a series of tours to determine basic features such as geology, soils and vegetation. - - Practical Training in Management of Nat...

IndiaWomen trainees from the Farm Science Centre practice collecting prawn seeds in the backwaters of the Arabian Sea on Vypeen Island near Cochin. They will sort the seeds for selective stocking of local...

IndiaMariculture students prepare a white prawn for an experiment in the Institute's "wet lab" where physiology and nutritional experiments are conducted. White prawns are favoured for commercial farming....

IndiaMariculture students remark on algae being cultured to feed young oysters raised in the Institute's "wet lab" where physiology and nutritional experiments are conducted. - - Mariculture Research and P...

IndiaA prize, one-eyed female tiger prawn raised at the prawn hatchery field laboratory on Vypeen Island near Cochin. By removing an eyestalk, the Institute has induced breeding of crustaceans, not possibl...