Monthly Archives: August 2009

Combining biochar with other soil amendments to combat desertification (T.R. KIEHL)

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar-soils/message/71 Combination of biochar with other soil amendments Is anyone aware of projects that have combined biochar with other types of soil amendment to improve farming in the drylands ? I am thinking of examples like TerraCottem: … Continue reading →

Posted in soil conditioning, TerraCottem

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/yemen-worsening-drought-threatens-herders/ YEMEN: Worsening drought threatens herders SANAA,  – Severe drought in Khawlan District, 70km east of the capital Sanaa, since mid-2007 has forced local herders to sell some of their sheep to buy fodder … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090830/NEWS05/90829006/1006 Dry run: Learning from Australia’s drought Australia’s 10-year drought provides a glimpse of our own thirsty future if we don’t conserve and recycle water now Shannon Land • Desert Magazine • August … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Water

India : Drought of ideas plagues food ministry? 5Google / The Economic Times)

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Politics/Nation/Drought-of-ideas-plagues-food-ministry/articleshow/4952790.cms Drought of ideas plagues food ministry? 31 Aug 2009, 0320 hrs IST, Urmi A Goswami, ET Bureau NEW DELHI: The NCP-manned food ministry is yet to work out the increase in demand … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

Argentina Set for Record Soybean Crop as El Nino Breaks Drought (Google / Bloomberg)

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aRaS_Ilr1ckk Argentina Set for Record Soybean Crop as El Nino Breaks Drought By Matt Craze Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Argentina may produce a record 50 million tons of soybeans in the next harvest … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change, Desertification

Tibet : Greening the Plateau (Google / Alibaba)

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : Google – desertification http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100163957-1-greening-plateau.html Greening the Plateau Located on the world‘s largest plateau, Tibet Autonomous Region in China‘s southwest has an average elevation of 4,000 meters. Tibet’s diverse natural landscapes, including snow-capped mountains, vast pastures and virgin … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, Desertification, Ecology - environment, ecosystems

Qinghai Province controls desertification in Sanjiangyuan area (Google / China Tibet Online)

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Read at : Google – desertification http://chinatibet.people.com.cn/6743863.html Qinghai Province controls desertification in Sanjiangyuan area The governmnet of Qinghai Province, northwest China, has spent 12 million yuan RMB (1.77 million U.S. dollars) checking desertification and planting grass on 11,620 hectares of … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Small-scale gardening : a giant step forward (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on August 30, 2009 by

Day after day reports on the effect of small-scale farming or gardening on the daily life of rural people in the drylands confirm that it is a giant step forward towards sustainable development. More and more proof is delivered that … Continue reading →

Posted in community gardens, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, family farming, family gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, school gardens

Burkina Faso : small-scale gardening a tremendous success

Posted on August 30, 2009 by

I feel really proud when reading the page below in the “NIOU-NIEUWS”, a Dutch publication of the Comittee Maastricht-Niou. This Comittee, created in the Dutch city of Maastricht, is already setting up different development programmes to combat desertification and to … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, family farming, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, sustainable agriculture, urban agriculture/farming

Biochar enriched vegetable garden with 80 % less water consumption (PRO-NATURA INTERNATIONAL France / JTS SEEDS)

Posted on August 29, 2009 by

Message received from PRO-NATURA INTERNATIONAL and JTS SEEDS : www.pronatura.org “Super Vegetable Gardens & New Oasis” An innovation towards sustainable development Kit with seeds, soil amendments, irrigation devices and adapted equipment : 149 Euro ++Super+Vegetab…s_New+Oasis

Posted in Agriculture, Gardening / Horticulture