Monthly Archives: May 2010

Tanzania: World Bank Donates 1.8bn/- for Water Project in Kisarawe (NGO News Africa / Tanzania Daily News)

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Read at : NGO Newss Africa Tanzania: World Bank Donates 1.8bn/- for Water Project in Kisarawe Posted: 23 May 2010 11:15 AM PDT The World Bank has provided a total of 1,085,518,950/- to Kisarawe District Council in Coast Region for … Continue reading →

Posted in Water, World Bank

Tanzania: Alternatives for WFP free food at schools (NGO News Africa / Tanzania Daily News)

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Read at : NGO News Africa Tanzania: Look for WFP Food Substitute, Schools Told Posted: 23 May 2010 12:32 PM PDT Primary schools in the central zone now enjoying free meals under the World Food Programme (WFP), have been urged … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, WFP

A programme that aims to improve food security (AfricaFiles / IRIN/Plus News)

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Growing self-esteem at farm schools Author: PlusNews, Burnt Forest Category: Kenya Date: 5/19/2010 Source: IRIN/Plus News Source Website: <http://www.africafiles.org/database/> Summary & Comment: More than half a million Kenyans – most of them in the Rift … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, malnutrition

Reforestation without any irrigation: Arbolle Part 2 (Burkina Faso) – (Committee Maastricht-Niou / Canadian Cooperation / Willem Van Cotthem))

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

See Part 1 : former posting on this blog. Wood of Fraternization (1988-1998) Hundreds of tree seedlings were planted on a barren clayey soil (“glacis“).  Remarkable success was registered with TerraCottem application on Acacia nilotica-trees. In a few years time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Forestry, reforestation, soil conditioning, TerraCottem

Reforestation without any irrigation: Arbolle Part 1 (Burkina Faso) – (Committee Maastricht-Niou / Canadian Cooperation / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Desertification, deserts and drylands Desertification is often seen as a natural phenomenon of advancing deserts, but this is a common misperception. On the contrary, desertification is all about land degradation or losses of fertile land and biological productivity, resulting from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Controversial Sudanese dam sparks human rights complaint (AfricaFiles / Deutsche Welle)

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Controversial dam sparks human rights complaint Author: Adrian Kriesch Category: Sudan Date: 5/19/2010 Source: Deutsche Welle Source Website: www.dw-world.de <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.dw-world.de> African Charter Article# 7: Everyone shall have the right to have their cause heard including … Continue reading →

Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks

Putting the desert into good use (blogcatalog / Tomorrow is greener)

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Read at : blogcatalog http://www.blogcatalog.com/search/frame?term=desertification&id=cf528648148082af92ab0459557c58f0 A solution for desertification: Putting the desert into good use Due to deforestation, global warming and lack of fresh (surface) water acres of land turn into dust every year. Desertification, as it is called, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

An environment friendly solution to desertification (blogcatalog / Tanulupi.com)

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Read at : blogcatalog http://www.blogcatalog.com/search/frame?term=desertification&id=cff5588c87d37e536e686415dead15f8 An environment friendly solution to desertification

Posted in Desertification

Nigeria: Yobe to Establish Desertification Research Centre (Google / allAfrica / Daily Trust)

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/201005200621.html Nigeria: Yobe to Establish Desertification Research Centre Damaturu — The vice chancellor of the Bukar Abba Ibrahim University, Damaturu, Professor Musa Alabe, says the institution will establish a centre of desertification study … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Research / science

Earthworms form herds and make “group decisions” (BBC / Earth News / Brigit STRAWBRIDGE)

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

Message from Brigit STRABRIDGE: http://www.foodincmovie.com/ Earthworms form herds and make “group decisions”, scientists have discovered. By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News The earthworms use touch to communicate and influence each other’s behaviour, according to research published in the journal Ethology. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology - environment