SRI LANKA4 July 2010, Mulliyavedduwan - A farmer tilling dry soil to prepare it for crop cultivation.FAO Project GCP/SRL/059/EC - Enhancing food security among the most vulnerable farm families in eastern Sri...

Eswatini04 May 2012, Siphofaneni, Swaziland - Seedlings growing in dry soil. FAO Project: GCP/SWA/016/EC - Swaziland Agricultural Development Project (SADP). Overall increased equitable economic national grow...

HONDURAS17 June 2015, Candelaria, Honduras - A farmer spreading fertilizer on his cultivation of maize. In Honduras, Central America, where up to 78 percent of the land used for agriculture is on hillsides, w...

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...

MEXICO19 July 2017, Nuevo Sonora, Chiapas, Mexico - Paseano Gomez Lopez and his son Luis Gustavo weeding before applying herbicide in chili fields. Paseano is a farmer from Nuevo Sonora, Chiapas state,...

Bangladesh25 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - A man checks the quality of red wigglers worms at the Mahilata Organic Fertilizer Production Farm. Between 2011 and 2016, FAO worked with farmer organizations a...

SENEGAL17 May 2010, Thiaye - Integrated Production and Pest Management IPPM trainer Ayoba Faye (C) showing a farmer (L) how to properly loosen the soil around young cabbage plants in a Farmer Field School tr...

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 Forest...

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Sun-baked deposit of alluvial silt on the banks of the river which feeds the Shabbano Faraf reservoir. - - Irrigation, Erosion and Sand Fixation. The Government of Iran has built several dams for irri...

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...

PAKISTAN30 August 2010, Jafarabad - A landscape of soil degradation after the floods.

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 an...

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 Forest...

MYANMAR28 March 2016, Monywa Myanmar - A girl is running through deserted farms near Monywa, Saggaing Division, Myanmar. Farming soil in serveral area near Monywa is dried up after a flooding in the previous...

Bangladesh24 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - Men prepare vermicompost, a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner that uses worms species such as red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworm...

SENEGAL17 May 2010, Thiaye - A farmer preparing soil basins for planting a cabbage crop. The basins limit space to just four cabbages per basin ensuring larger cabbages and saving water.GCP/RAF/009/NET: Sub-...

SENEGAL17 May 2010, Thiaye - A farmer trained in Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) through the Farmer Field Schools stirring the soil around cabbage seedlings in a trial garden to facilitate r...

Bangladesh24 October 2017, Jatrapur, Bangladesh - Beds for earth worms cultivation are prepared at Mahilata Organic Fertilizer Production Farm. Between 2011 and 2016, FAO worked with farmer organizations and go...

NEPAL30 July 2017, Nepal- Signs of landslides, soil erosion and flooding of the roads near Sandhikharka. Nepal is one of the countries hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. Farmers are the wors...

United Republic of TanzaniaKIROKA, TANZANIA - 13-10-30 - Tree nursery group treasurer Salmaan Saleh Disinga prepares soil for seedlings at tree nursery in the highlands of Kiroka on October 30. An FAO project to strengthen c...

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 Resources...

SENEGAL17 May 2010, Thiaye - A woman carrying water to irrigate a cabbage patch.GCP/RAF/009/NET: Sub-Regional Programme for Participative Training in Integrated Production and Pest Management through Farmer...