ECUADOR 1980s. Street Food Quality Control 

SENEGAL 1988. Popularizing the use of small-scale fruit and vegetable preservation techniques 

ECUADOR 1980s. Street Food Quality Control 

A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO. 

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Conference participants observe staff at work in the necropsy unit at Mahidol University. 

Kridsada Chaichoune of the Mahidol University shows the results of a PCR test (polymerase chain reaction machine or thermal cycler) to conference participants. 

A laboratory assistant showing a wheat sample. 

A Mahidol University staff member briefs a group of conference participants on the procedures at Mahidol University's BSL3 lab. 

Staff member prepares a sample for testing at Mahidol University's BSL3 lab. 

India. Culture laboratory where tomatoes, maize, potatoes, beans and many types of mustard seeds (Brassicas) are propagated 

A lab technician taking samples from eggs to test for strains of the avian flu virus at a laboratory in Bangkok. 

A laboratory assistant showing a wheat sample. 

The entrance to BSL3 lab at Mahidol University. 

A laboratory assistant working on seed germination at a seed complex. 

THAILAND 2005 Lab technicians testing serum samples from chickens infected with the avian flu virus at a laboratory in Bangkok. 

A lab technician writing a reference number on an egg being tested for strains of the avian flu virus at a laboratory in Bangkok. 

A university staff member demonstrates the use of the PCR machine (polymerase chain reaction machine or thermal cycler) in the lab. 

BURUNDI 2007. A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO. 

BURUNDI 2007. A private laboratory for in-vitro multiplication of banana, potato, taro and cassava crops used by FAO.