Monthly Archives: December 2010

Cowpea: A simple triple bag technology is helping smallholder farmers in Africa (New Agriculturist)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/developments/devItem.php?a=1824 Cowpea: bagging the bugs A simple triple bag technology is helping smallholder farmers in Africa, who produce 70 per cent of the global production of cowpeas, to save more than 25 per cent of the crop … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

Women’s rights and access to land in Africa (New Agriculturist)

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Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/pov/views.php?a=1796 Women produce more than 80 per cent of the food in Africa, yet they own only one per cent of the land. Improving women’s access to and control over land is seen by many as crucial … Continue reading →

Posted in gender, land tenure, Social dimensions

The soil surface (Managing Wholes)

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Read at : http://managingwholes.com/node/190 The soil surface Submitted by Peter Donovan on Sun, 12/26/2010 – 17:42 biosphere processes Bruce Ward from Australia on the soil surface http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUPKPqbcLI&feature=player_embedded

Posted in Soil

What if wind turbines can provide a little cooling effect ? (Green Prophet)

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Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/12/wind-turbines-help-crops-mitigate-effectsclimate-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greenprophet+%28Green+Prophet%29 Wind Turbines Cool Off Agriculture as Planet Heats Up Susan Kraemer Do wind turbines cool crops below? In a new study with applications for the Middle East, a pair of US researchers finds wind turbines could … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change, wind farms

A water scarcity park to highlight the need to conserve dwindling water supplies (Green Prophet)

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Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/12/syria-water-scarcity-park/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greenprophet+%28Green+Prophet%29 Syria Launches Its First ‘Water-Scarcity Park’ Arwa Aburawa A new park in drought-hit Syria showcases water-saving techniques Following five years of drought which has driven nearly half a million people away from drought-hit areas and put … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, Water

Land grabbing threatening survival of small farms and food sovereignty of nations (Food Crisis / PANAP)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Read at : http://farmlandgrab.org/17787 Global land grabbing, eroding food sovereignty Pesticides Action Network Asia-Pacific | December 2010 Turning Point – Issue 1 Global Land Grabbing, Eroding Food Sovereignty by Ros-b Guzman Executive Summary Land grabbing in massive proportions is happening … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, land grab

Food security has become a major concern (Food Crisis / Financial Express)

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Read at : http://farmlandgrab.org/17802 Meeting the challenges of future food security Financial Express (Dhaka) | 20 December 2010 EDITORIAL Shamsul Huq Zahid Land is a scarce as well as valuable resource in Bangladesh which is one of the world’s most … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

Delicious vegetables, fruits and spices from Asia (City Farmer News /

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/27/asian-vegetables/ Asian Vegetables Linked by Michael Levenston http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/asian_vegetables/ A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Spices from the Asian Subcontinent By Sally Cunningham Eco-Logic Books 2009 The author, Sally Cunningham, has been a professional organic gardener for … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

Simple tools to make life-giving water available (AfricaFiles / IPS)

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Read at : http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24756 Miracle man eases village’s water woes Author: Charles Mpaka Date Written: 20 December 2010 Primary Category: Ecology Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency Secondary Category: Southern Region Source URL: http://www.ips.org Key Words: Malawi, water, Naotcha … Continue reading →

Posted in Water

Establishing and supporting women’s Self Help Groups (ACTED)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.acted.org/fr/node/2480 Supporting women through small businesses Self Help Groups in Northern Afghanistan In Faryab, Self Help Groups (SHG) established and sponsored by ACTED are giving active women in rural areas the means to start businesses, provide for … Continue reading →

Posted in gender, rural development, Social dimensions, sustainable development