Caption
A worker applying water sealer between the planks of an improved boat that is being built to assist small-scale fisherfolk on the outer islands of Indonesia increase their fishing capability. The project, assisted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is helping to design and build motorized fishing craft and modernize fishing gear. FAO is also helping to develop carp and prawn farming, improve fish processing and marketing and also to improve life in the rural fishing villages. Practical training to government fisheries extension agents is provided by FAO at the National Extension Training Centre at Manado on Sulawesi (Celebes) Island. - - General: General.