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(Desertification control project in Yemen).
A Mauri writing in the sand the old name of Chinguetty: Arbweir. This city was founded in the 10th century and is considered the seventh holy city of Islam.Now the city is completely buried by sand.
A Tuareg boy clears irrigation channels in a market garden at Agadez for the cultivation of maize and peppers He is part of a family that has lost all of itslivestock in a drought and has been given land by the Niger Government Agriculture Service.
A community desertification control is demonstrated in the Niger with women at work reclaiming degraded land.
A country report on the collection and analysis of land degradation data
A farmer drives his bullock team on a terrace with evidence of dangerous erosion a few meters above him. Lanslides pose a constant threat in the region of the Himalyan foothills.
A farmer on the west bank of the Nile ploughs the land in front of the famous colossi of Memnon, the only remains of the famous funerary temple of Amenophis III, near Luxor.
A girl waters her family´s garden.
A long period of drought, which started in 1965/66, reached its peak in1984. This caused an accelerated soil erosion (rainfall was 150mm.), and,consequently to a desertification around the project area.
A small flock of sheep on badly overgrazed land.
A suggested national soils policy for Indonesia
A suggested national soils policy for Jamaica
A young Gurung peasant woman feeds tree leaves to her buffalo which has an average daily requirement of 40 kgs. of fodder. The gathering of leaves from natural forests is leading to deforestation
Access to Education Secondary (% of relevant age group) Trend 1980-1993
Actual and potential irrigation in Africa by Region
Agricultural research in the Fourth Cycle of the UNDP's Programme for Arab States. (Report of a review study in selected countries)
Agro-ecological land resources assessment for agricultural development planning. A case study of Kenya. Making land use choices for district planning. Annex: User manual and software
Agro-ecological zoning
Agro-foresterie: possibilites et limites en tant qu'options de developpement durable
Agroforesteria y conservacion de suelos
Agroforestry (dagame trees, pasturage, buffalo).
Aménagement des forêts naturelles des zones tropicales sèches (Cahier)
An Albanian shepherd tending his flock.
An abundant supply of water is pumped from an artesian well to irrigate the fields. Adequate irrigationin this arid region is an important factor in buffolo breeding
An international methodology for an assessment of soil degradation, land Georeferenced soils and terrain database
Animal Density on Pasture Land (Head/1000HA) 1994
Animal at pasture in the area around Asmara.
Aplicacion de los metodos de prediccion de riesgo de erosion potencial y actual en la planificacion de conservacion de suelos y aguas a nivel de microcuencas
Approche participative - integration des populations, Mauritanie
Approches participatives - integration du projet, Mauritanie
Arid zone forestry (Guide 20 Arabic)
Arid zone forestry (Guide 20)
Arrival of the FAO lorry carrying necessary gear for the continuation of the projects.
Aspectos claves de las estrategias para el desarrollo sostenible de las tierras aridas
Aspects fondamentaux des strategies de developpement durable dans les regions seches
Banking of the environment
Biumba region in Northern Rwanda. View of slow-forming terraces with scattered rural housing. Note potato cultivation and traditional family banana groves.
Breaking stones to make gabions under FAO´s irrigation repair programme on the Surkhrud river, Nangarha province
Brushwood fences stabilize sand dunes at the 23rd kilometre of Way of Hope.
Building barriers (fences) to prevent advance of sand dunes at Gour.
Building barriers (fences) to prevent advance of sand dunes at Gour.
Canal intake and bank-protection gabions built under irrigation repair programme.
Carefully tended rice terraces in the upper watershed area of the Solo River where every available portion of land is cultivated.
Carte de la nutirition et de la malnutrition
Cattle grazing on green shores around Le Bhryr lake.
Cherish the Earth: soil management for sustainable agriculture and environmental protection in the tropics
Choyez la terre: amenagement des sols pour une agriculture durable et la protection de l'environnement sous les tropiques
Closeup of cracked earth during drought.
Closeup of long-horn cattle grazing.
Closeup of project officer with tree seedlings in nursery at Gour. The young trees will be planted in arid zones to combat desertification.
Collecting water from a secondary canal (flot water).
Collection and analysis of land degradation data in China
Collection and analysis of land degradation data in Myanmar
Collection and analysis of land degradation data in Thailand
Communication et gestion des ressources naturelles: le cas des projets forestiers au Niger et au Senegal
Comparative trials of different fertilization treatments on experimental furrowed plantations of local hybrid poplars (Populus simonigra) in irrigatedsandy soils. Intercropping is also carried out at intervals between rows of poplars.
Conditions a promouvoir pour la viabilite des systemes de production agricole en Afrique sahelienne et soudanienne
Conservation-effective land management and desertification control
Construction of a dry wall to protect cultivated land from water erosion.
Construction of a dry wall to protect cultivated land from water erosion.
Construction of a dry wall to protect cultivated land from water erosion.
Construction of a dry wall to protect cultivated land from water erosion.
Consultancy report on sand dune fixation
Consultation sectorielle sur l'environnement et la lutte contre la desertification. Compte rendu de la mission effectuee du 15 fevrier au 13 mars a N'Djamena. v. 1: Synthese.- v. 2: Diagnostic et strategies.- v. 3: Plan d'action.- v. 4: Cadrage macro-econ
Contour ridges; reclamation of a gully with checkdams and Vetiver grass. This is a trial/demonstration site in one of the project.
Controle et utilisation du feu en zones arides et subhumides africaines
Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)
Cost-effective disease control routines and animal health management in animal agriculture
Cours universitaire sur l'erosion eolienne, l'ensablement et leur controle
Cracked clay soil.
Cracked earth because of drought.
Criterios para la seleccion de areas piloto
Critères et indicateurs de gestion durable des forêts en Afrique sèche
Crues et Apports Manuel pour léstimation des crues décennales et des apports annuels pour les petits bassins versant no jaugés de l'Afrique Sahélienne et tropicale séche (Bul. 54)
Curso Taller sobre Tecnicas Apropiadas para la Propagacion de Especies de Importancia Economica para las Zonas Aridas y Semiaridas de America Latina y el Caribe. 1. Mexico City (Mexico). 16-20 Oct 1995. Informe
Dead camel
Dead vegetation in drought-stricken area.
Debt-for-nature swaps to promote natural resource conservation
Decalage entre production et consommation
Deforestation in southern Niger. The piles of wood will be used for fuel.
Deforestation, annual change of forest area (%) 1990-1995
Degradacion de suelos y produccion agricola en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile y Paraguay
Deminers clear agricultural land by an irrigation canal.
Density of machinary used on agricultural land (number/1000HA) Trend (%) 1980-1994
Des images satellites pour l'aide à la gestion des forêts (No. 15)
Desarrollo de sistemas agricolas y conservacion del suelo
Desarrollo sostenible de tierras aridas y lucha contra la desertificacion. Posicion de la FAO
Destitute nomads from Mali came to Christine Wells in Northern Upper Volta in search of pasture but found a wasteland. Here a woman pounds in a mortar, the last few grains in her family.
Developpement des terres arides et lutte contre la desertification: etude bibliographique des experiences des pays de la CEI (Communaute des Etats Independants)
Developpement durable des terres arides et lutte contre la desertification. Position de la FAO
Diagnostico y planificacion participativa del area del proyecto (Fase I) (Bolivia). Informe Final
Diana Djialo in Sahel
Dimensions of need
Directory of arid lands research institutions, 1995 - 4. ed.
Domestication and commercialization of non-timber forest products in agroforestry systems
Dredging irrigation canal
Drought and desertification force subsistence farmers to become nomads or to migrate to the cities.
Drought, Number of years with during the period 1980/1998
Dry Land (% of country area)
Dry and Hyper Arid Land (% of country area)
Drylands development and combating desertification (paper 14)
Drylands development and combating desertification (paper 15)
Dune Stabilization and Afforestation, Regional Near East. Project findings and recommendations
Dune fixation with windbreak fences made from branches of Balanites Aegyptiaca. Balanites is also used in making furniture and domestic utensils; oil is extracted from the fruit; bark and roots are used in drug-making.
Economic development and economic policy
Education and training needs of animal agriculture in developing countries
Effect of overpopulated livestock on watershed and future strategies to save the area
El camino desde Rio: avances en silvicultura
El modelo EPIC (Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator) en Argentina
El modelo USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) en Costa Rica
El proyecto GLASOD (Global Assessment of Soil Degradation) - SOTER (Base de datos de Suelos y Tierras)
Elaboration d'un programme national de reboisement, Mauritanie
Environmental impact assessment of irrigation and drainage projects
Environmental impact of forestry (Guide 7)
Erosion
Erosion actual en el estado de Parana, Brasil: sus causas y consecuencias economicas
Erosion actual y potencial del suelo en Paraguay
Erosion control by planting grass in rows on steep slopes
Erosion de los suelos en Chile
Erosion de suelos en America Latina
Erosion is usually severe in the areas not yet protected by a forest covering in the mountain range separating the sands of the Horquin Desert from the fertile black soils of the Manchuria plain.
Erosion.
Estado actual de la conservacion de especies de zonas aridas y semiaridas de America Latina
Estrategias para la agricultura y el desarrollo rural sostenibles: nuevas orientaciones para el sector agricola, forestal y pesquero
Estrategias reproductivas del pitayo (Stenocereus queretaroensis (Weber) Buxbaum) y el Nopal (Opuntia spp.)
Etnobotanica de especies aromaticas y medicinales de zonas aridas y semiaridas de Mexico
Etude des especes locales utilisees dans la fixation des sables
Evaluation and prospects for soil conservation and water harvesting
Evaluation des impacts sur l'environnement pour un developpement rural durable: etude juridique
Evaluation des legislations concernant la lutte contre l'ensablement
Evaluation des resultats de la premiere campagne de lutte contre l'erosion (CES)
Evaluation des techniques de lutte contre l'ensablement au niveau des pays membres du projet
Evolution des performances agricoles, 1960-1992
Example of afforestation for dune fixation.
Example of illegal logging and deforestation
Example of illegal logging and deforestation in Malawi
Example of illegal logging and deforestation.
Experimental drop-by-drop irrigation.
Expert Consultation of the Asian Network on Problem Soils. Bangkok (Thailand). 25-29 Oct 1993. The collection and analysis of land degradation data. Report.
Expert Consultation on Strategies for Sustainable Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries. Rome (Italy). 10-14 Dec 1990. Strategies for sustainable animal agriculture in developing countries. Proceedings.
Expose sur la fixation des dunes au Maroc
FAO 1992 Le Rôle de la foresterie dans la lutte contre la désertification (Cahier 21)
FAO Regional Conference for Africa. 18. Gaborone (Botswana). 24-28 Oct 1994. Follow-up to the International Scheme for the Conservation and Rehabilitation of
FAO documentation: Arid land development and desertification control 1975-92/Documentation de la FAO: Developpement des terres arides et lutte contre la desertification/Documentacion de la FAO:desarrollo de tierras aridas y control de la desertificacion
FAO expert and local technicians examining testing facility for irrigation sprinklers, run continuously, to determine the maximum life expectancy of each sprinkler, followed by the assessment of the causes of their ultimate failure.
FESLM: An International Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Land Management. A discussion paper
Farmers planting cacti to aviod soil erosion on steep slopes.
Farmers planting tree seedlings to avoid post-harvest soil erosion.
Farmers planting tree seedlings to avoid post-harvest soil erosion.
Farmers planting tree seedlings to avoid soil erosion.
Farmers preparing land for planting tree to avoid soil erosion.
Farmers working on the construction of contour bunds.
Farmers working on the construction of contour bunds.
Farming systems development and soil conservation
Farming systems methods in the planning, implementation and monitoring of sustainable livestock development
Fences have been erected to prevent the advance of sand dunes at Gour.
Fencing against shifting sand at Zer-El-Ghibli oasis.
Field measurement of soil erosion and runoff
Flooding and bad water management damage Lesotho´s rangelands and cause gullying.
Follow-up to the International Scheme for the Conservation and Rehabilitation of African Lands (ISCRAL) and role of FAO in the implementation of the "Urgent Action for Africa" in relation to the International Convention to Combat Desertification
Forest areas by main regions
Forest worker felling tree at Ellakanda plantation block, a trial cable logging site at Bandarawela.
Foresteria y seguridad alimentaria
Foresterie communautaire - L'éleveur et ses décisions dans la gestion des ressources naturelles de régions arides et semi-arides d'Afrique
Foresterie en zones arides (Cahier 20)
Forestry Development in Sudan. End-of-assignment report
Forestry and Food Security (Paper 90)
Forests and forestry
Forests, trees and people programme
Fuelwood and Charcoal, Production of (1000 CUM) 1996
Fuelwood on sale at the roadside. Deforestation and erosion are a major problem in Malawi.
Future energy requirements for Africa's agriculture
Gabions and canal walls, Kunar Valley, rebuilt under FAO
Gender Analysis and Forestry (Internation training package)
Gestion de la fertilite des sols au Burkina Faso, bilan et perspectives pour la promotion de systemes agricoles durables dans la zone soudano- sahelienne
Gestion des terroirs villageois et amenagement des forets classees avec participation des populations. Rapport de mission, voyage d'etude au Niger du 4 au 17 decembre 1993
Gestion intégrée des cultres - vol. 1
Global and national soils and terrain digital databases (SOTER). Procedures manual
Goatherds driving a herd of Guinea Dwarf goats to pasture.
Gravestones covered by sand in the cemetery.
Guide des techniques de lutte contre l'ensablement
Guide pratique d'amenagement des bassins versants: etude et planification
Guidelines PAP
Guidelines for integrating nutrition concerns into forestry projects (Man. 3)
Guidelines for planning irrigation and drainage investment projects
Hallows are dug in the ground to gather water during the rainy season.
Halting degradation of natural resources: is there a role for rural communities?
Herd of cattle entering reserve where forage is guaranteed for the animals.
Herd of six-month old lambs at pasture.
Heterogeneite spatiale des pays du Sahel
How good the earth
Human-induced degraded area, (% of total)
Hungry goats feeding on a solitary Acacia shrub.
Hunters set fire to forest area to drive out a species of rodent which will be killed for comestible use. Bush fires are organized jointly by herdsmen and hunters at the right time of the year so that both can benefit from the results.
IFAD Symposium on Land Degradation and Poverty. Rome (Italy). 16 Jun 1995. Desertification and drought - Extent and consequences. Proposal for a participatory approach to combat desertification
Identification and management of problem soils in the Tropics and Subtropics (with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific Region)
Impact of pastoralism on desertification of Psilorites mountain in Crete, Greece
In an attempt to block the shifting sand, barriers are made from palm leaves.
Influences of shelterbelts in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
Influencias de los cortavientos en Chifeng, Mongolia Interior
Integrated Resource Management for Desertification Control - El Odaya, Sudan. Report of technical backstopping mission, 21 July-4 August 1994
Integrated coastal area management and agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Integrated natural resource management for sustainable agricultural development in Bahrain
Intensification et durabilite des systemes agricoles en Afrique soudano sahelienne
International Action Programme on Water and Sustainable Agricultural Development. Country and sub-regional action programmes
International Symposium on Nuclear techniques in soil-plant studies for sustainable agriculture and environmental preservation. Proceedings
International convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa
Introduction a la Gestion conservatoire de l'eau, de la biomasse et de la fertilite des sols (GCES)
Investment for sustainable livestock development in developing countries
Irrigated Land (1000HA) 1980
Irrigated Land (1000HA) 1990
Irrigation in Africa in figures (Water rep. 7)
Irrigation in the Near East region in figures
Irrigation in the countries of formers Soviet Union (Water rep. 15)
Irrigation management. A poplar plantation thrives on raw sewage water piped directly from nearby homes. The Institute is studying this irrigationscheme as a possible solution to sewage drainage problems of rural villages.
Irrigation of a cotton field in Hula Valley.
Irrigation of a field at Mils, 50 km from Berrechid.
Irrigation of an experimental orchard.
Irrigation potential in Africa (Bul. 4)
Issues related to the sustainable development of livestock production
Key aspects of strategies for the sustainable development of drylands
L'approche gestion des terroirs
L'echange dette-nature
L'ensablement au Maroc
L'influence des rideaux-abris a Chifeng, en Mongolie interieure
La banca y el medio ambiente
La boîte à outils de la communautaire - Diagnostic, suivi et évaluation participatifs en foresterie communautaire: concept, méthodes et outils (2)
La conservation et la restauration des terres en Afrique
La diversification des revenus au Sahel et ses liens eventuels avec la gestion des ressources naturelles par les agriculteurs
La dynamique fonciere face aux exigences de developpement durable: le cas de la zone Sud-Mali
La erosion del suelo en la Republica Argentina
La erosion potencial de los suelos en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile y Paraguay
La gestion paysanne des petits perimetres irrigues en Afrique de l'Ouest: lecons et perspectives
La perception paysanne du developpement agricole durable: le metier de paysan dans un environnement ecologique, politique et economique difficile
La petite irrigation dans les zones arides
Land Degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas - Intergovernmental negotiating committee for the preparation of a convention to combat desertification and drought (INCD) first substantive session - Nairobi, May-June 1993
Land Evaluation
Land and environmental degradation and desertification in Africa. Issues and options for sustainable economic development with transformation
Land and water integration and river basin management (Bul. 1)
Land clearance in hill district.
Land degradation and its data collection and analysis in Vietnam
Land degradation and problem soils in the Philippines
Land degradation in Indonesia: data collection and analysis
Land degradation in South Asia: its severity, causes and effects upon the people
Land husbandry
Land husbandry: components and strategy
Land reclamation. Harnet dam in background.
Land that has been cleared by fire in order to plant Fonio, along the road from Dalabé to Mamou
Land with Erosion and Salinity risk (%)
Land with Erosion risk (%)
Land with Salinity risk (%)
Land-Use Planning
Landscape during the wildfire season (August-November).
Las Agavaceae y Nolinaceae de Mexico y del Jardin Botanico del IB-UNAM (Instituto de Biologia- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
Le chemin parcouru depuis Rio: avancer dans le domaine de la foresterie
Le defi demographique
Le programme de lutte contre l'ensablement des terroirs et d'amenagement des cuvettes dans les departements de Zinder et Diffa
Le projet de développment rural intégré de Keita
Le role de la participation populaire dans une problematique de durabilite et de sauvegarde de l'environnement
Le secteur forestier et la conservation des ecosystemes
Leafless, dead trees cast little shade on the sere earth below. In time, they will crumble into dry dust, blowing over the baked soil of northern Senegal. Meanwhile, the average annual temperature continues to rise and the rains to decrease.
Leper farmer working to clear the colony´s irrigation system.
Leper farmers clearing colony´s irrigation system.
Leptadenia tree. A plantation of Leptadenia helps to halt shifting sand and lessen the erosive action of the wind.
Les banques au service de l'environnement
Les experiences du Centre d'investissement de la FAO en matiere de preparation de projets de gestion des ressources naturelles et de gestion de terroirs
Les techniques de lutte contre l'ensablement: cas des dunes continentales
Lessons from field development of livestock projects with special reference to large ruminant production
Lessons from field experience on the development of poultry production
Lessons from field experiences in the development of monogastric animal production
Livestock - Environment Interactions - Issues and options
Livestock and the Environment - Meeting the challenge
Livestock and the environment - Finding a balance
Local workers build a reinforced culvert for an irrigation canal to prevent it being destroyed by flooding in the washes.
Looking after our land
Low-income food-deficit countries
Lutte contre l'Ensablement des Terres de Cultures dans les Departements de Zinder et Diffa. Rapport final de la mission d'evaluation
Lutte contre l'Ensablement et la Mise en Valeur Agro-Sylvo-Pastorale, Mauritanie. Analyse financiere et economique
Lutte contre l'ensablement des terres de cultures et des infrastructures socio- economiques
Main cases of dryland soil degredation by Region
Manual irrigation of a freshly ploughed field at Berrechid.
Manual para la instalacion y conduccion de experimentos de perdida de suelos
Manuel de fization des dunes (Arabic)
Manuel de fization des dunes (Cahier) 20)
Mauritania: a fight against desertification
Members of a Peasant's Association constructing contour bunds on degraded land
Metodos de propagacion biotecnologicos y convencionales de leguminosas de usos multiples para zonas aridas
Metodos de propagacion biotecnologicos y convencionales en Agavaceas para zonas aridas
Metodos de propagacion biotecnologicos y convencionales en especies agroindustriales de zonas aridas
Metodos de propagacion convencionales y biotecnologicos de especies herbaceas (Gramineas y Quenopodiaceas) forrajeras para zonas aridas
Metodos para la propagacion convencional de las Cactaceas
Mobile water tanks are provided by the project for the irrigation of vegetables.
National Environmental Action Programme
Newly afforested area in Horquin Desert (Inner Mongolia) planted with high-survival poplar clones in the Spring. Already there is a layer of dust and sand among the thin cuttings, but this is a relatively moderate sand accumulation.
Niger (Keita): people participation, afforestation, dune fixation
North side of Zer-El-Ghibli oasis beyond which the dunes can be seen.
Nouvelles orientations pour l'agriculture, les forets et les peches
Number of persons chronically undernourished in developing countries
Oasis of Ntekem-Kemt at Chinguetty threaned by dune enchroachment.
Oasis of Toungat is the most important in the Adrar region. Between the palm trees and the dunes there is a zone of afforestation and clayonnage fencing made of palm leaves to control sand encroachment.
Our land, our future
Ox being led into an irrigation canal, Cambodia.
Papel del ganado domestico en el control de la desertificacion
Participation populaire et durabilite
Partnerships: the effective harnessing of research for the advancement of animal agriculture in developing countries
People's based watershed sustainable management in Chieng Dong commune, Yen Chau district, Son La province. Case study
Percentage of Land Use for Agriculture (%) Trend 1980-1994
Percentage of forest lost in selected developing countries 1980 - 1990
Phoenix dactylifera y otras como recursos en zonas aridas
Photo shows an old sand dune which used to be fenced in as a means of halting desertification . It is now surrounded by wire netting to prevent cows from eating the grass.
Pivot irrigation system in operation on oat fodder crop at the Al Faisaliah dairy farm, 70km south of Riyadh. The farm has 2,000 ha. reserved solely for fodder crop production providing feed for 15,400 Fresian of Holstein cattle.
Plan d'amenagement du terroir villageois de Tota
Planning for sustainable use of land resources: towards a new approach
Plantation of Pinus tabulaeformis for soil protection in a dry low mountainous region.
Planting out tree seedlings in a terraced nursery in the Upper Solo River basin. When the little trees have reached the required maturity they will betransplanted onto reforestation areas as part of the fight against erosion
Policy issues in livestock production in arid regions and the management of extensive grazing lands
Politiques economiques et promotion de systemes agricoles durables
Population Density in agricultural land (inh/1000HA) Trend 1980-1994
Portrays how a limited supply of water, properly managed through irrigation, can increase productivity.
Practical technologies and options for the genetic improvement of livestock in developing countries
Practical technologies for mixed small farm systems in developing countries
Practical technologies for the optimal use of tropical pastures and rangelands in traditional and improved livestock production systems
Practical technologies to optimise feed resource utilisation in reference to the needs of animal agriculture in developing countries
Prediccion de la erosion hidrica y eolica del suelo
Preparing national regulations for water resources management. Principles and practice
Presentation des dunes d'Essaouira
Principal irrigation basin.
Problem soils and their evaluation in China
Problems of soil degradation in Pakistan
Programa FAO/PNUMA para el control de la Desertificacion: actividades y perspectivas
Project nursery at Gour. The young trees will be planted in arid zones to prevent desertification.
Projet "Etude cartographique des situations d'ensablement dans les arrondissements de Goure et de Maine Soroa". Cadre general et contexte de l'etude. v.1: Unite technique d'appui (UTA/DE)
Projet "Etude cartographique des situations d'ensablement dans les arrondissements de Goure et de Maine Soroa". Identification des situations d'ensablement; elements d'elaboration de strategies de lutte contre l'ensablement et de developpement de la zone.
Projet "Etude cartographique des situations d'ensablement dans les arrondissements de Goure et de Maine Soroa". Propositions a l'elaboration de plans d'actions villageois Lologi/Cheri. v. 3: Unite technique d'appui (UTA/DE)
Promotion de systemes agricoles durables dans les pays de l'Afrique soudano-sahelienne
Propagacion convencional en Agavaceas. Caso de estudio: Agave tequilana Weber, la agavacea de mayor superficie cultivada en el mundo
Proyecto de planificacion del manejo de los recursos naturales renovables MAG - GTZ. Susceptibilidad de la erosion hidrica mediante la utilizacion del USLE (EcuacionUniversal de Perdidas de Suelos) y el SIG (Sistema de Informacion Geografica).
Pumping underground water from an artesian well. Irrigation in this arid region is an important factor in buffalo breeding.
Rainfall variability and drought in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1960
Rapport de consultation sur les amenagements pastoraux dans le Centre et le Sud Tunisiens
Rapport final, periode du 30/12/92 au 31/3/94 (de l'expert forestier)
Rearing llamas on natural pasture at an altitude of 4000 metres
Reboisement des zones degradees, production de semences et fourniture d'especes sylvicoles d'origine locale
Recueil bibliographique des principales etudes relatives a l'erosion eolienne, l'ensablement, et leur controle
Reforestation of pine trees.
Reforming water resources policy (paper 52)
Regional policies on food and agriculture and their impact on the advancement of livestock production in developing countries: an example from Africa
Relacion entre erosion y perdida de fertilidad del suelo
Relations agro-sylvo-pastorales dans un contexte d'agriculture durable au Sahel
Restauracion hidrologica de cuencas hidrograficas
Restocking gumbelt for desertification control in Darfur, Sudan. Final report, 22 june 1992 - 22 June 1993
Result 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 shifting sand dunes.
Result 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 dunes.
Revegetacion de areas degradadas y produccion y aprovisionamiento de semillas de especies nativas
Revegetation of degraded areas, seed production and procurement of indigenous tree species
River bed alignment and torrent control
Role of Forestry in combating desertification (Guide 21)
Role of acacia species in the rural economy of dry Africa and the Near East (Guide 27)
Role of forestry in food security and environmental protection
Rôle des acacias dans l'économie rurale des régions sèches d'Afrique et du Proche-Orient (Cahier 27)
Sand dune fixation
Satellite imagery to assist forest management (No. 15)
Sheep and goats destroy the fragile shrub and tree cover, contributing to erosion, and making it more difficult for natural forage to replenish itself. Thisis especially true of the steep gully sides where sheep mainly graze
Sheep grazing on grass. In the background the shallow underground water layer is still widely visible in the sandy soils of the eastern confines of the Horquin Desert (Inner Mongolia) in May-June, just before the arrival of the humid Western onsoon.
Shifting cultivation. Opening of new agricultural land by use of fire in Mauradua, Central Sumatra. Land will be abandoned when the fertility of the land is depleted and is left open to erosion.
Sistemas biotecnologicos para la propagacion de Cactaceas
Sistemas de informacion geografica: coneccion con los modelos de simulacion y aplicacion a las materias relacionadas con la erosion
Sistemas y practicas de conservacion de suelos y aguas
Situacion ambiental en relacion con la erosion en Bolivia
Small dams for holding water during rainy days
Small-scale irrigation for arid-zones
Social and Economic incentives for smallholder tree growing
Soil and Water Conservation in semi-arid areas (Bull. 57)
Soil and water conservation in Tunisia
Soil and water conservation of sloping lands in Turkey
Soil erosion
Soil erosion in Kavre district due to intense cattle grazing.
Soil erosion.
Soil limits agriculture
Sparsely vegetated rangeland is easily damaged.
Spontaneous regeneration of mountain vegetation after a four year ban on grazing and cutting down trees
Spreading deserts threaten Africa
Sprinkler irrigation.
Stabilisation des Dunes de Sable et Reboisement. Actes de l'Atelier national de formation, Essaouira (Maroc) du 18 au 22 Mai 1993
Stabilisation des Dunes et Reboisement, Projet regional: Proche Orient. Conclusions et recommandations du projet
Station technicians study new forest species for adaptability to severe climatic and soil conditions.
Strategic extension campaign
Strategies for effective extension services to guide the advancement of animal agriculture in developing countries
Strategies for sustainable agriculture and rural development: new directions for agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Strategies for sustainable animal agriculture in developing countries. Proceedings
Strategies for sustainable development of animal agriculture: an FAO perspective
Strategies for sustainable development of small ruminants: Burundi - a case study
Suite donnee au Programme International de Conservation et de Restauration des Terres en Afrique et role de la FAO dans l'execution du Programme "Action Urgente pour l'Afrique" dans le cadre de la Convention Internationale sur la Lutte contre la Desertifi
Susceptibilidad de la erosion hidrica mediante la utilizacion del USLE (Ecuacion Universal de Perdidas de Suelos) y el SIG (Sistema de Informacion Geografica) Taruma, Alto Vera, Depatamento de Itapua, Paraguay
Sustainable animal agriculture: the role of economics in recent experience and future challenges
Sustainable development and the environment - FAO Policies and Actions
Sustainable development of drylands and combating desertification. FAO position paper
Sustainable dryland cropping in relation to soil productivity
Systemes pastoraux et gestion des parcours dans la region de Banh au Nord Yatenga
Table grapes - good results obtained from irrigation.
Tachai: farmer using hand-operated pump to draw up water from canal. An example of appropriate technology.
Terracing in Trisuli area
Terracing on arid hillside.
The Project in collaboration with the farmers in Mahango Village has constructed an intake weir to command 150 ha for rice production and 250 ha for food production
The city Lebhair and the lake are threaned by desertification.
The city of Chinguetty is considered the seventh holy city of Islam. The photo shows the market place completely invaded by sand. The city is destined to be abandoned
The collection and analysis of land degradation data in Malaysia
The collection and analysis of land degradation data in Nepal
The collection and analysis of land degradation data, Sri Lanka
The collection and analysis of land degradation data. Country report: Bangladesh
The collection and analysis of land degradation data. Report
The community toolbox - The ideas, methods and tools for participatory assessment, monitoring and evaluation in community forestry (Manual 2)
The consequences of desertification on livestock populations is vividly portrayed.
The conservation and rehabilitation of African lands
The conservation of animal genetic resources in the developing countries: a practical way forward
The conservation of lands in Asia and the Pacific
The drought in Southern Africa - and how REWS (SADC Regional Early Warning Unit) enabled timely management
The economics of international agreements for the protection of environmental and agricultural resources
The government´s Kadawa River Project in the northern state of Kano includes a short-range scheme for safeguards against further drought. Here farmers are being taught new irrigation techniques
The impact of livestock development on environmental change
The national plan of action to combat desertification in the Sultanate of Oman
The result of overgrazing on the outskirts of Amman city
The result of overgrazing on the outskirts of Amman city.
The road from Rio: moving forward in forestry
The role of ESCWA in Agricultural resource management and conservation and in combating desertification in the region
The role of domestic livestock in desertification control
The role of state sponsored and co-operatively organised support services in milk production, processing and marketing in developing countries
The role of state sponsored and cooperatively organized support services in meat production, processing, and marketing in developing countries
The shallow underground water layer is still widely visible in the sandy soils of the eastern confines of the Horquin Desert in May-June, just before the appearance of the rain-laden clouds of the humid Western Monsoon.
The utilization of forest resources and its influence on land use and watershed management in the Lirehsar Pilot Project Area, Mazandaran Province, Islamic Republic of Iran
This clip illustrates effective desertification control measures hrough windbreaks and water harvesting techniques.
This clip of a man and woman planting using simple techniques testifies to humanity’s relentless effort to grow food under adverse conditions.
Tiguint, 100 km. south of Nouakchott. Tree nursery for afforestation of the sand dunes.
Toward sustainable poultry production in Africa
Tree and land tenure rapid appraisal tools (Manual 4)
Trvale udrzatel'ne pol'nohospodarstvo: definicia a dosledky na pol'nohospodarsku a obchodnu politiku
Two young girls washing themselves at the tap of rice plantation´s irrigation.
Télédetection et ressources en eau
Un programme d'action speciale de la FAO: developpement durable des systemes d'exploitation agricole familiaux
Unasylva Vol. 43 La Foresterie dans les zones arides
Unasylva Vol. 48 Onzème congrès forestier mondial
Unasylva Vol.43 Forests in Arid Zones
Unasylva Vol.43 La Foresterie dans les zones arides
Use of fallout radionuclide measurements in soil erosion investigations
Use of nuclear techniques in soil erosion and siltation studies: IAEA activities
View of a small lake at Takeo. Several fishermen can be seen in the water. Cattle graze on the bank.
Wadi Hadramaut case study irrigation en cuvette. The water is retained by the small dirt dikes.
Water for irrigating fields.
Water harvesting for improved agricultural production
Water sector policy and strategy formulation (Bul. 3)
Water: irrigation in Egypt
Weir on River Kunar, a major beneficiary of FAO
Where have all the forests gone?
Wildlife and food security in Africa (Guide 33)
Woman tending sheep while spinning wool.
Woman watering a communal garden. Home and communal gardens grow the quality vegetables that, once properly prepared to local taste, are the long-term solution to the problem of Vitamin A deficiency in rural Viet Nam.
Woman waters fruit tree in cooperative orchard.
Women in community forestry (Guidelines)
Women working on land reclamation.
Women's participation in national forest programmes
Woodland establishment and management with peoples participation
Workshop on Maintenance and Development of the Rangeland, its Role in Combating Desertification in the Arab World. Amman (Jordan). 3-6 Apr 1993. (Report).
World Agriculture: Towards 2010
World Animal Review
World reference base for soils resources
Xinglongzhao Forest Farm. Here the underground water layer is shallow and in low-lying areas which are quite frequent in this region, superficial clay layers are found near the soil surface.
Young farmers working old treadle irrigation system (noria) in a rice field.
Young girl minding sheep.
Zebu cattle are used in the cultivation of rice on these carefully tended terraces in the Upper Solo River Basin
Zonificación agro-ecológica (Bol. 73)