COSTA RICA26 June 2015, Cordonsillo of Volcan of Buenos Aires of Puntarenas (172 km southeast of the capital), Costa Rica - A worker selects a pineapple (ananas cosmosus) processing plant and packaging by appl...

COSTA RICA26 June 2015, Cordonsillo of Volcan of Buenos Aires of Puntarenas (172 km southeast of the capital), Costa Rica - A worker selects a pineapple (ananas cosmosus) processing plant and packaging by appl...

COSTA RICA26 June 2015, Cordonsillo of Volcan of Buenos Aires of Puntarenas (172 km southeast of the capital), Costa Rica - Pineapple (ananas cosmosus) processing plant and packaging by applying good agricultu...

COSTA RICA26 June 2015, Cordonsillo of Volcan of Buenos Aires of Puntarenas (172 km southeast of the capital), Costa Rica - A worker selects a pineapple (ananas cosmosus) processing plant and packaging by appl...

COSTA RICA26 June 2015, Cordonsillo of Volcan of Buenos Aires of Puntarenas (172 km southeast of the capital), Costa Rica - A worker selects a pineapple (ananas cosmosus) processing plant and packaging by appl...

NamibiaYoung palm trees being transplanted. Young palm trees must be protected and watered until they are old enough to grow in the harsh Namibian climate. - - Support to the Date Production Programme, Namib...

IndiaDrying rice prior to processing in a rice mill. - - General: General.

BangladeshDairy workers packing butter. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshMilk arriving at processing plant where it will be pasturized and transformed into butter, powdered milk and ghee. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshRickshaws transport milk from countryside to the Milk Vita processing plant. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshTechnician analyzing milk. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh.

BangladeshFarmer milking cow. This milk is put in a can and will then be transported to the processing plant. - - Cooperative Dairy Development Programme Milk Vita in Bangladesh. Because dairy cows area mainly...

TurkeyProcessing natural silk using a traditional method. - - Emergency Assistance to Small Farmers Affected by Marmara Earthquake: TCP/TUR/0065.

FranceWorker grading potatoes on a conveyor belt. - - General: General.

SenegalA farmer drying the onion harvest. - - Special Programme for Food Security Case Study: South-South Cooperation: Tripartite Agreement Senegal/Viet Nam/FAO: SPFP/SEN/4501. This agreement has launched a...

HondurasWorkers put cheese through a press in a cheese processing plant. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security throug...

HondurasA woman farmer holds soap paste that has been processed from olives. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security th...

HondurasIn a cheese processing plant, a woman holds a finished cheese. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through...

HondurasA woman farmer boiling olives that will be processed into soap. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through...

HondurasIn a cheese processing plant, workers weigh cheese. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agri...

HondurasA woman farmer sorting olives. The olives will be processed into soap. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security...

HondurasIn a cheese processing plant, workers boil milk. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through better agricul...

ChinaFarmers collecting sacks of soybean seeds, fertilizer and pesticides donated by the TeleFood project. - - Production of Autumn Soybean: TFD-99/CPR/003. The project aims to take advantage of the natura...

EcuadorElderly farmer tending his tomato plants. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level...

EcuadorPortrait of rural children. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a poor Afr...

EcuadorSmall scale farmers tending their tomato plants. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve th...

EcuadorFarmer tending his tomatoes. - - Special Programme for Food Security Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ECU/98/30. The aim of this Special Programme for Food Security is to improve the level of a poor...

EgyptGirls working for a date firm: packing dates into boxes. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egypti...

IraqLooking after tree seedlings in a nursery. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian population...

SerbiaA beneficiary receiving his quota of seeds. FAO coordinated the distribution of seeds and fertilizer through several international non-governmental organizations, targeting 70 000 families all over th...

South AfricaSmall farmer feeding dairy cattle. The cattle graze on communal land but, at present, there are too many cattle in the area and agronomists from the Ministry of Agriculture are encouraging farmers to...

Viet NamAn example of urban agriculture drying rice on the road to Hon Dan. - - General: General.

Viet NamAn example of urban agriculture showing a woman drying rice on the roadside. - - General: General.

Viet NamAn example of urban agriculture showing a group of children surrounded by rice drying along the Kien Lueng road. - - General: General.

SenegalBaskets full of harvested cucumbers ready to be taken to market. Cucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the idet of the population and to generate addit...

SenegalCucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue. - - Horticultural Production in the village of Kab...

SenegalDifferent crops, here Vietnamese melons, were sown in the project area and harvests were staggered throughout the year in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue...

SenegalPacking cucumbers to sell at the local market. Cucumbers were introduced to the area through the TeleFood project in order to improve the diet of the population and to generate additional revenue. - -...

ChinaA peanut threshing ground in the People's Republic of China. - - General: General.

CambodiaLoading rice bags onto lorry. - - FAO/OSRO project. Through the efforts of consultants and extension workers the Project is carrying out fertilizer demonstrations in several provinces of Cambodia. The...

CambodiaLoading sacks of rice onto lorry. - - FAO/OSRO Project. Through the efforts of consultants and extension workers the Project is carrying out fertilizer demonstrations in several provinces of Cambodia....

Viet NamA vendor brings produce to market on her bicycle in Hanoi. - - General: General.

SenegalFather and son planting tree seedlings. The blue plastic covers the soil near the roots (plastic bags collected from village waste), helping to retain the moisture. - - Amanagement des fà??s et Gestio...

UgandaWoman sorting drying corn with her grandchildren. Illiterate, she asked a visitor to explain what her son, a schoolteacher, had written on the building behind her. - - General: General.

RwandaChildren carrying firewood on their heads along road in Rwandan countryside. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided R...

GuineaA woman arranges mango slices on trays for drying, as part of an FAO project designed to promote household processing and conservation of produce. - - General: General.

EthiopiaA farmer threshing teff with a shovel. - - General: General.

TunisiaWheat harvest being checked and bagged at one of many collection depots by National Wheat Board workers - a typical scene along Tunisian roads in June. 1987 was a bumper year for Tunisia, the average...

SamoaA young man eating coconut flesh. - - Agriculture Productivity of Subsistence Farmers, Western Samoa: TCP/SAM/6652. The Government of Western Samoa is adopting a policy to improve technical assistance...

PeruWorkers in one of the 11 FAO assisted community forest nurseries near Huarez tending Molle, a drought-resistant native tree that grows well in poor soil and arid climates. Molle is one of several nati...

KenyaA field worker harvesting tea leaves at a plantation in Kenya. - - General: General.

PhilippinesShrimp being cleaned for freezing at Food Terminals Inc. processing plant in Manila. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the cou...

ColombiaSerried rows of coffee plants in plastic containers at the CENICAFE nursery near Manizales. Dehydrated coffee pulp fertilization will be used in their cultivation. - - Recycling of Organic Residues fr...

PhilippinesWomen preparing shrimp for freezing at Food Terminals Inc. processing plant in Manila. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the c...

EcuadorWorker weeding at government tree nursery at Nagsiche in Cotopaxi Province. The nursery supplies tree seedlings (Pinus radiata and cypress) for afforestation cooperatives. - - WFP Assistance to Commu...

EcuadorVillagers of El Chilco de la Merced (3 200 m) in the province of Imbabura, prepare to plant trees on the hillside of the altiplano, part of an afforestation project using Pinus radiata. This work is c...

EcuadorYoung village woman filling bucket with water at new communal tap at Llactahurco in Cotopaxi Province. This facility was built as part of community development through the traditional Indian system of...

ThailandGood maize crop grown in pilot demonstration area of Mai Sa. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of land for cultivation are rapidly destroying...

ItalyA crate of mixed vegetables including cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, leeks, onions, lettuce, at a market in Italy. - - General: General.

ItalyCrates of lettuce on sale at a market in Italy. - - General: General.

JamaicaDonkey with panniers containing coffee cherries in the North Clarendon area. - - North Clarendon Rural Development. Judged by the criterion of economic growth, Jamaica is well on the road to prosperit...

TunisiaClose-up of an orange being harvested from a tree. - - General: General.

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Donkeys are used as a traditional method of transporting wheat harvest from field to market. - - Pilot Village Rural Development. The village of Dusadj was destroyed by an earthquake in 1962. During t...

SenegalWomen bringing milk to a collection point. - - Development of dairy industries.. Under the United Nation Development Programme, FAO is providing assistance to the Government with a view to developing...