Monthly Archives: January 2011

SOMALI DROUGHT WORSENING, DRIVING HERDERS WITH LIVESTOCK INTO CAPITAL (UN News)

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

New York, Jan 21 2011  7:05PM The drought is worsening in many parts of strife-torn Somalia, with herders reported to be moving into Mogadishu, the capital, with their livestock for the first time ever due to lack of pasture and … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, livestock

Ways to conserve water with the help of cheap and accessible innovations (MediaGlobal)

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

Read at : http://mediaglobal.org/article/2011-01-22/making_every_drop_count_water_usage_in_the_developing_world Making every drop count: water usage in the Developing World By Ian Potts UN Water reports that by 2025, developing countries will increase their water consumption by 50 percent and 75 percent of countries will face … Continue reading →

Posted in water conservation / harvesting

“Seeds for Food” : successfully collecting seeds for development projects (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 22, 2011 by

“Seeds for Food” started in August 2007 (http://www.seedsforfood.org). We are collecting seeds of (sub)tropical vegetables and fruits and send these free seeds to development projects, where smallholder farmers can’t afford commercial seeds. The success of this humanitarian action is still … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, seedsforfood

Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos L.), a highly valued tree for drought-affected regions (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Honey locust is a hardy, very adaptable and fast growing tree species.  It grows with limited irrigation in dry areas, with a preference for full sun.  It tolerates a range of soil and temperature conditions, even light frost. Honey locust … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought tolerant plants, drylands, Forestry

New photos of family gardens in the Sahara desert (Phil HITTEPOLE)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Family garden project in the refugee camps of the Saharawis (RASD) near Tindouf (S.W. Algeria).  Gardens doing remarkably well in the Sahara desert. These new photos, taken in August and December 2010 in the camp of Ausserd, show once again … Continue reading →

Posted in desert/desert gardening, family farming, family gardens, food / food security, fruits, malnutrition, small-scale farming, vegetables

Climate Report Warns of Food Gap (Live Science)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.livescience.com/environment/global-warming-impacting-crops-food-production.html Dire Harvest: Climate Report Warns of Food Gap By Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer If emissions of greenhouse gases continue to increase unchecked, they could push the Earth’s surface temperature up by at least 4.3 degrees … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, food / food security

Innovative research organisations and the challenges of food security and rural poverty (IPS)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54178 New Techniques, New Profits for Tomato Farmers By Fulgence Zamblé ABIDJAN, Jan 19, 2011 (IPS) – Even while the country has faced civil war and political crisis, innovative research organisations have worked to meet the challenges … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, Technologies

An evaluation of the Dom Hélder Câmara project in Brazil (IFAD)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Read at : http://ifad-un.blogspot.com/2011/01/dom-helder-camara-flexibility.html Dom Hélder Câmara – Flexibility. Innovation. Sustainability. Posted by Greg Benchwick In 2010, the IFAD Office of Evaluation undertook an evaluation of the Dom Hélder Câmara project in Brazil. The evaluation recognised the innovative content of … Continue reading →

Posted in sustainable development

The world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in Israel (Green Prophet)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/01/israel-desalination-water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greenprophet+%28Green+Prophet%29 Israel sends wrong message about desalination Lisa Damast Construction has begun in Israel on the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plant. What about water conservation and recycling? SDL Desalination Ltd, a company owned by IDE Technologies … Continue reading →

Posted in desalinisation

Boughzoul could serve as a model to countries throughout the developing world (Clean Techies)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Read at : http://blog.cleantechies.com/2011/01/19/algerian-city-slash-carbon-energy-emissions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cleantechies+%28CleanTechies+Blog%29 Algerian City to Slash Carbon Energy and Emissions Article by Nick Engelfried, appearing courtesy Justmeans. According to a popular and pernicious myth, you can’t fight poverty in the developing world without fossil fuel energy and the … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sink / trading, energy/bioenergy/biofuels