YEMEN14 February 2018, Sana'a - Alhasbah, Yemen - A deserted/poor land in the targeted area supported by FAO.

YEMEN14 February 2018, Sana'a - Alhasbah, Yemen - A deserted/poor land in the targeted area supported by FAO.

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...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - Mulch, a strata of leaves and straws capable of allow the water from rainfall filtering through the ground avoiding soil erosion while keeping the necessary moist,...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Farmers demonstrate the way they maintain the plants used to demarcate the managed land from the areas in the same catchment that have not been introduced to appropria...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - An unmanaged banana farm is seen in Rusumo catchment, a plot where the mulching technique has not been implemented. The technique called "mulching" consists in creatin...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Fog rising from the bottom of the Kagera plain early morning. The rich Agro-ecosystem of the Kagera basin will benefit from an accurate management of its diverse resou...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A through, an elongated ditch capable of collecting rainwater for irrigation purposes, is seen at a banana farm in Kirushiya: in its middle trees are panted to prov...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - A mulch covered patch of land. The technique called "mulching" consists in creating a buffer between the soil and the soaking rain allowing the water to drip into the...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - An improved cassava field is seen at the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo. Improvement as consistent manuring and the creation of troughs and high rise cultivation...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Fog rising from the bottom of the Kagera plain early morning. The rich Agro-ecosystem of the Kagera basin will benefit from an accurate management of its diverse resou...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania -Farmers harvesting high grass to produce hay. Hay-making has been introduced as an effective technique to prevent degrading of plots of land where rotating hearing is p...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - A soil testing session to which farmers part of the FarmaField Schools are called to attend. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the conditi...

United Republic of Tanzania05 June 2015, Kirushiya, Tanzania - Tanzanian farmers gather at an amministrative building in Kirushiya. Through a practical, on site evaluations farmers can assess the condition of the soil in their...

United Republic of Tanzania04 June 2015, Rusumo, Tanzania - Pupils of the Magereza Elementary School in Rusumo use dry leaves to cover the grounds of a banana farm on the school premises during a class of the Farmafield School...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Papaya seeds are planted at a tree nursery Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated with a...

RWANDA 02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Straws are carried on a bicycle for farming and animal use. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Manure is collected and applied on corn fields. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated w...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Water management is implemented on a maize field where water is pumped from marshlands nearby. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - A farmer, his face stained by a multipurpose solution of pest and fungus control and nutrients. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in...

RWANDA02 June 2015, Nyirarubomboza, Rwanda -Farmers applying soil erosion techniques by digging ditches in a field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmers walking along the edge of a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Papaya seeds are planted at a tree nursery Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated with a...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Manure is collected and applied on corn fields. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated w...

RWANDA 02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Straws are carried on a motorcycle for farming and animal use. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - A cow resting outside a house. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated with a technical c...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Water management is implemented on a maize field where water is pumped from marshlands nearby. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

RWANDA 02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Straws are carried on a bicycle for farming and animal use. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Manure is collected and applied on corn fields. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated w...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood prone soi...

RWANDA02 June, 2015, Gakindo, Rwanda - Farmafield Schools beneficiaries are seen at work in a maize field. Farmafield school programs are run in the farming region of Bugesera in south Rwanda: the flood pro...

MALAWI3 February 2015, Nsanje District, Malawi - A landscape of soil degradation after the floods. The 'Makhanga Island' is what remains above the water line after the floods have turned the entire rural ar...

NIGER24 February 2013, Koulomboutej Village, Niger - Small dams and barriers are dug into the earth to prevent soil degradation and to keep rain water on site. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initia...

NIGER24 February 2013, Koulomboutej Village, Niger - Small dams and barriers are dug into the earth to prevent soil degradation and to keep rain water on site. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initia...

NIGER24 February 2013, Koulomboutej Village, Niger - Small dams and barriers are dug into the earth to prevent soil degradation and to keep rain water on site. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initia...

Eswatini03 May 2012, Mpatheni, Swaziland - Soil erosion caused by the overflow path of the Mpatheni Dam. FAO Project: GCP/SWA/016/EC - Swaziland Agricultural Development Project (SADP). Overall increased equ...

United Republic of Tanzania30 March 2012, Morogoro, Tanzania - A lab technician testing and registering data collected on soil samples at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Fore...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking measurements of a plot before taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking measurements of a plot before taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening...

United Republic of Tanzania29 March 2012, Morogoro, Tanzania - Lab technicians crushing soil samples into smaller particles at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resource...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enha...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - A forest ranger taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enh...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - A forest ranger taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enh...

United Republic of Tanzania29 March 2012, Morogoro, Tanzania - A lab tecnician arranging dried soil samples at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enha...

United Republic of Tanzania30 March 2012, Morogoro, Tanzania - A lab technician testing and registering data collected on soil samples at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Fore...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - A forest ranger taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enh...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enha...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enha...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - A forest ranger holding soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and En...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - A forest ranger taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enh...

United Republic of Tanzania30 March 2012, Morogoro, Tanzania - A lab technician testing and registering data collected on soil samples at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Fore...

United Republic of Tanzania27 March 2012, Moshi, Tanzania - Forest rangers taking soil samples at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi. FAO Project: GCP/GLO/194/MUL - Strengthening Forest Resources Management and Enha...

THAILAND26 September 2005, Lam Kaen Village - A fruit tree farmer surveying the damage to his orchard. This tree was killed by the salination of the land caused by the tsunami. FAO has provided assistance thr...

INDONESIA16 February 2005, Leupung - A view of mass destruction of homes and agricultural land along the road heading south along the west coast of Aceh near Leupung. There is some indication of natural grow b...

INDONESIA16 February 2005, Leupung - A view of mass destruction of homes and agricultural land along the road heading south along the west coast of Aceh near Leupung. There is some indication of natural grow b...

INDONESIA16 February 2005, Leupung - An FAO Agricultural Officer inspecting soil displaying a white residue which may be salt drying out of the sea-soaked land that was once used for rice production.

INDONESIA16 February 2005, Leupung - A view of mass destruction of homes and agricultural land along the road heading south along the west coast of Aceh near Leupung. There is some indication of natural grow b...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A farmer water an acacia seedling that was just planted. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Agronomist Dr. Venanzio Vallerani posing with his invention, the tractor behind him. The tractor, a mechanized water harvesting technology, implements the Vallerani System where...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye extracting scoring the bark of an Acacia tree to start the sap flowing (gum arabic). Acacia trees offers many benefits....

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - A worker at the Valdafrique Processing Plant, where gum arabic is processed into a variety of products, cleaning the floors. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation....

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Agronomist Dr. Venanzio Vallerani posing with his invention, the tractor behind him. The tractor, a mechanized water harvesting technology, implements the Vallerani System where...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye extracting scoring the bark of an Acacia tree to start the sap flowing (gum arabic). Acacia trees offers many benefits....

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar, Senegal - A bag of gum arabic flour for use in the pharmaceutical and food industries to make medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/38...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A farmer and beneficiary of the FAO Acacia Project. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation Cont...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Candies made with gum arabic. Gum arabic is widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries to make medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products. FAO Project...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A farmer planting acacia seedlings. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation Control in the Gums...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - A worker at the Valdafrique Processing Plant, where gum arabic is processed for use in medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products, monitoring a processing machine....

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A tractor ploughing degraded land using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins...