VENEZUELA 1993. Saman de Aragua award presented to FAO Director-General by the State of Aragua 

VENEZUELA 2003. Two young men outside their home, a typical house in the neighborhood of La Valle, above Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. A panoramic view of the hillside town of La Valle, above Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hillside neighborhoods above Caracas. 

A view of the poorer neighborhoods in the hills above Caracas. Many people here participate in the microgarden project. The programme is expanding and microgardeners are helping by passing on skills t 

VENEZUELA 2003. Two young men outside their home, overlooking the neighborhood of La Valle, above Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. A view of the hillside town of La Valle, above Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

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Children of the Maria Taberoa Elementary School learning about microgardening. The school has taken part in the project teaching the children about gardening and, by eating the resulting produce, help 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

A participant in the microgarden project that has taken root in the poorer neighborhoods within the hills of Caracas, eating a dish with lettuce and tomatoes harvested from the garden, seen to the lef 

VENEZUELA 2003. A participant in the microgarden project keeps his plant box safely behind a fence. 

VENEZUELA 2003. A participant in the microgarden project keeps his plant box safely behind a fence. 

A participant in the FAO microgarden project cultivating the plants. The vegetables are grown in a mixture of rice hulls, peanut shells and clay pellets, held in a shallow plastic-lined tray on legs, 

Students at the Maria Taberoa Elementary School tending to the vegetable microgarden. The school has taken part in the project teaching the children about gardening and, by eating the resulting produc 

VENEZUELA 2003. A participant in the FAO microgarden project giving the important nutrient solution to the vegetables. The solution is essential for the continued growth of the garden. 

VENEZUELA 2003. An urban garden cooperative worker rinsing some spring onions he just harvested. 

A microgarden project participant pruning a basil plant. The participants are taught to plant natural insect repelling plants, such as basil, parsley and spearmint, next to the vegetable crops.