KENYA30 November 2017, Meru, Kenya - Farmer and beneficiary of FAO's Conservation Agriculture Programme Lucy Kathegu Kigunda (R) boils water for cooking Ugali at the kitchen of her farm located near Meru,...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries clean brush near a small stream. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities o...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Soil erosion due to Hurricane Mitch. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities of Posolteg...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees roo...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Members of the Fire Protection Brigade walking through project area with Telica volcano in the background. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic Rehabilitation of four micro water basi...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Wilbur Parrajon uses a machete to clear weeds and brush to give room to newly planted citrus trees and to provide space for fire maintenance. The citrus trees w...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Florentin Caballero checks the results of corn planted in one of his fields on which he used the new non-burning method to clear the field. FAO Project UTF/Nic/02...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - A field using the Tangya System from China in which the corn and beans are planted in between young eucalyptus trees. Farmers are able to plant like this during the first 2-3 years of the...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries clean brush near a small stream. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities o...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Wilbur Parrajon uses a machete to clear weeds and brush to give room to newly planted citrus trees and to provide space for fire maintenance. The citrus trees w...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Soil erosion due to Hurricane Mitch. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic Rehabilitation of four micro water basins (microcuencas) affected by Hurricane Mitch in the municipalities of Posolteg...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees roo...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Members of the Fire Protection Brigade walking through project area with Telica volcano in the background. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/Nic Rehabilitation of four micro water basi...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Project beneficiary Florentin Caballero checks the results of corn planted in one of his fields on which he used the new non-burning method to clear the field. FAO Project UTF/Nic/02...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...

NICARAGUANicaragua - A field using the Tangya System from China in which the corn and beans are planted in between young eucalyptus trees. Farmers are able to plant like this during the first 2-3 years of the...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - The project provides equipment, training and pay for fire protection brigades. In these photos we see one such brigade clearing brush for fire protection and also to give trees room to gro...

NICARAGUANicaragua - Beneficiaries build a small dam out of stones which will slow the flow of water down the mountainside during rains thereby helping to guard against soil erosion. FAO Project UTF/Nic/028/N...

REPUBLIC OF KOREAKorea, 1963 - A new system of land terracing is spreading throughout Korea which will vastly increase food production as well as achieving maximum soil and water conservation. This improved agricultur...

REPUBLIC OF KOREAKorea, 1963 - A new system of land terracing is spreading throughout Korea which will vastly increase food production as well as achieving maximum soil and water conservation. This improved agricultur...

REPUBLIC OF KOREAKorea, 1963 - A new system of land terracing is spreading throughout Korea which will vastly increase food production as well as achieving maximum soil and water conservation. This improved agricultur...

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...

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - An instructor explains a tractor to a group of trainee extension agents. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development P...

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - Peasant woman cooking with precious firewood in her hut. The forests of Ethiopia are being stripped for cooking fuel.

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - An extension agent for soil conservation talking to members of a Peasant's Association. The meeting is to organize tree-planting on communal land that is overgrazed and degraded.

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - An extension agent showing an instructional filmstrip to farmers. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Pr...

AFRICAEthiopia, 1980 - Shifting cultivator axing tree for firewood.

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - Workman at the poplar nursery at the Hadjeb-el-Aioun experimental and demonstration irrigated plantation where the growing trees are transforming a dry wasteland into a verdant forest....

AFRICATunisia, 1970 - Tilling the land with a camel-drawn plough. Lead caption: The Reforestation Institute was established in Tunis by the Government and the UN Development Programme (Special Fund) with...

THAILANDThailand, 1979 - FAO expert in Soil Conservation, Ted Cheng hoeing in pilot demonstration area, Mai Sa. Lead caption: The great forests of Thailand are being rapidly destroyed by people desperatel...

THAILANDThailand, 1979 - Extension agent of the Royal Forestry Department teaching hill farmers about terracing as a soil conservation measure. Lead caption: The great forests of Thailand are being rapidly...

CHINAAgri-Forestry and soil conservation: China, 1981. In 1949, China's forests covered a mere 5% of its total land area. Through diligentt afforestation efforts, this cover was increased to 12.7% by 1978....

United States of AmericaU.S.A. - Silt deposited in this cornfield measured 4,5 inches deep. Standing water plus silt completely destroyed the crop. Note how is cracked on drying.US Soil conservation Service photo, issued by...

United Republic of Tanzania30 October 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - Farmers measure in preparation for a new contour ridge, called a Fanya Chini in Kiswahili, in Kiroka on October 30. At right is Mwinyi Mvua Nasoro Sembe, chairman...

United Republic of Tanzania30 October 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - Farmers measure in preparation for a new contour ridge, called a Fanya Chini in Kiswahili, in Kiroka on October 30. At left is Mwinyi Mvua Nasoro Sembe, chairman...

United Republic of Tanzania02 November 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - L-R District Irrigation Specialist Geofrey Pyampa speaks with Soil and Water Conservation Officer Charles Pangapanga at a plantation using soil and water conservat...

United Republic of Tanzania02 November 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - Agricultural Food Officer Edith Kija examines a cluster of bananas at a plantation using soil and water conservation methods in Kiroka. A FAO project to streng...

United Republic of Tanzania02 November 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - Soil and Water Conservation Officer Charles Pangapanga examines a cluster of bananas at a plantation using soil and water conservation methods in Kiroka.A FAO p...

United Republic of Tanzania01 November 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - L-R One of Dr. Mahoo's students, Agricultural Food Officer Edith Kija, FAO National Programme Officer Moorine Lwakatare, District Irrigation Specialist Geofrey Py...

KENYA28, May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Men preparing soil for planting banana plants using conservation agriculture technique to faciltate water retention. Leon Nyamde, digs a hole two feet down to pla...

KENYA28 May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Martin Owino digs a hole two feet down to plant a banana sucker in using conservation agriculture technique to faciltate water retention. This new way of planting...

KENYA28 May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Martin Owino removes a new banana sucker for planting, using conservation agriculture technique to faciltate water retention. This new way of planting mixed with t...

KENYA28 May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Martin Owino removes a new banana sucker for planting, using conservation agriculture technique to faciltate water retention. This new way of planting mixed with t...

KENYA28, May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Man preparing soil for planting banana plants using conservation agriculture technique to faciltate water retention. Leon Nyamde, digs a hole two feet down to pla...

KENYA28 May 2013, Siaya District, Kenya - Martin Owino digs a hole two feet down to plant a banana sucker in using conservation agriculture technique to faciltate water retention. This new way of planting...

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...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - An oxcart transporting muddy soil away from a quarry where mud bricks are made on the banks of a natural spring. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GG...

TUNISIA08 February 2006, Tunisia - A reservoir.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - 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 wh...

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...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A worker watering acacia seedlings in a plant nursery run by the Forestry Service. Gum arabic production is a growing industry where demand is high for a variety of uses in th...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - Land where a tractor has ploughed using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - FAO Forestry Officer and mission coordinator Nora Berrahmouni (L) and President of the Women's Committee (Feminie Jappo) Fatou Seye (C) speaking with Regional Inspector of Water...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A worker watering acacia seedlings in a plant nursery run by the Forestry Service. Gum arabic production is a growing industry where demand is high for a variety of uses in th...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A worker watering acacia seedlings in a plant nursery run by the Forestry Service. Gum arabic production is a growing industry where demand is high for a variety of uses in th...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Dr. Venanzio Vallerani (white T-shirt), inventor of the Vallerani System, a mechanized water harvesting technology which creates a system of micro-basins to collect rainwater, o...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Dr. Venanzio Vallerani (white T-shirt), inventor of the Vallerani System, a mechanized water harvesting technology which creates a system of micro-basins to collect rainwater, o...

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

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A panoramic view of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin, PDF-B. The natural resou...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - Farmers from the Burera Lake region. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin, PDF-B. The natural r...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

RWANDA30 September 2008, Burera - A farmer working the land along the banks of Burera Lake. FAO Project: EP/RAF/401/GEF - Trans-boundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Lower Kagera River Basin,...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A bulldozer loading compost made up of rice straw and manure into a wagon for transport. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environ...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - Bales of rice straw stacked up for storage. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, the project aims at a...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A farmer feeding cows fresh fodder. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, the project aims at a better...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A bulldozer loading compost made up of rice straw and manure into a wagon for transport. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environ...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - Bales of rice straw stacked up for storage. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, the project aims at a...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A farmer and beneficiary of the FAO project (left) inspecting a rice crop. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the l...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A farmer feeding cows fresh fodder. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, the project aims at a better...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - Tractors aerating compost made up of rice straw and manure. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, the p...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A workman passing by bales of rice straw stacked up in storage. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, t...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A group of farmers and FAO project beneficiaries in a rice field. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term,...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - President of the Agricultural Research Center Abd El-Azim El-Tantawi working in his office. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Envi...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A workman taking a break from work. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, the project aims at a better...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A workman passing by bales of rice straw stacked up in storage. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, t...

EGYPT8 December 2009, Kafr el-Sheikh - A farmer and FAO project beneficiary standing in a rice field. FAO project TCP/EGY/3102 - Rice straw Management and Conservation of Environment. In the long term, th...