India18 November 2022, Mangamaripeta, Andhra Pradesh, India - Fishermen unload nets from their boat on the beach. A cyclone warning and strong winds forced many fishermen to not venture into the sea and br...

India18 November 2022, Mangamaripeta, Andhra Pradesh, India - Fishermen untangle a new net on the beach. A cyclone warning and strong winds forced many fishermen to not venture into the sea and bring their...

NEPAL26 July 2017, Nepal- Village of Narapani near Sandhikharka. Portrait of Ashmita Thapa. 21-year old Ashmita Thapa lives in southern Nepal, in Narapani-2, Bhuwan Danda area. She has been married for...

NEPAL26 July 2017, Nepal- Village of Narapani near Sandhikharka. Ashmita Thapa with female farmers, members of the FAO sponsored groups, gathering to discuss and compare the results of their work after exp...

NEPAL26 July 2017, Nepal- Village of Narapani near Sandhikharka. Portrait of Ashmita Thapa. 21-year old Ashmita Thapa lives in southern Nepal, in Narapani-2, Bhuwan Danda area. She has been married for si...

NEPAL26 July 2017, Nepal- Village of Narapani near Sandhikharka. Ashmita Thapa with female farmers, members of the FAO sponsored groups, gathering to discuss and compare the results of their work after exp...

NEPAL26 July 2017, Nepal- Village of Narapani near Sandhikharka. Ashmita Thapa with female farmers, members of the FAO sponsored groups, gathering to discuss and compare the results of their work after exp...

NEPAL26 July 2017, Nepal- Village of Narapani near Sandhikharka. Ashmita Thapa, left, with female farmers, members of the FAO sponsored groups, gathering to discuss and compare the results of their work af...

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...

Mali30 October 2013, Zoumanabougou, Mali - close-up of a plant used as wood ,fertilizer and animal fodder,serving as protection from soil degrading winds and floods.FAO project GCP/RAF/482/EC - Supportin...

FranceField of soft wheat laid flat because of wind and rain. - - General: General.

HondurasRepairing storm damage in Honduras presents an opportunity to adopt measures that will reduce losses in future disasters. - - General: General.

BangladeshSundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh. Damaged Sundri trees - the tree tops are dead or dying probaby wounded by cyclonic winds. - - Integrated Resource Develpment of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest:...

NigerThe winds blow particularly during the dry season. Wind pumps are tested for the watering of off-season crops and for supplying drinking water. - - Integrated Development Project in Keita: CGP/NER/032...

ChinaThree of the four outer walls of this farm house are without window and door-frames to protect people and cattle from the strong, frosty, sandy Northerly winds blowing from March to June. Only the...

ChinaNaimanqi County (Inner Mongolia): Three of the four outer walls of this traditional farm house are without windows and door-frames to protect people and cattle from the strong, frosty, sandy Northerly...

MongoliaResult of severe erosion designed by the strong North and North-East winds in the Horquin Desert, Inner Mongolia. The sand is carried and accumulated southwards, where people suffer from shifting sand...

ChinaResult of severe and accelerated erosion caused by the strong North and North-east winds in the Horquin Desert, Inner Mongolia. The sand is carried and accumulated southwards, where people suffer from...

MaliA group of mature copulating locusts, sheltering during the midday heat. They later descended to the ground and laid in dense groups. - - Desert Locust Campaign. 1988 was a year of a major upsurge of...

MaliPart of a swarm that measured 14x10 km flying westwards in northern Mali. This was part of the westward migration at the end of the monsoon breeding in the Sahel. - - Desert Locust Campaign. 1988 was...

NepalA road winds between a few houses and terraces planted with rice in the mountains of Nepal. Means of transportation is still severely limited in remote areas of Nepal. - -

GermanyWorkshop participants were shown how to harvest a forest uprooted by strong winds in the south of the Federal Republic of Germany. A tensioned steel wire is used to slide the logs to the roadside for...

ChileBy 1971, CORA planted some 68 million tree seedlings including "Pinus radiata", which has a remarkable ability to flourish under poor conditions. This hillside near Lumaco is part of the reforestation...

ChileBy 1971, CORA had planted some 68 million tree seedlings including "Pinus radiata" which has a remarkable ability to flourish under poor conditions. This hillside near Lumaco is part of the reforestat...