Monthly Archives: May 2011

Grow food on vertical panels or on Phytopod containers (Food for Freedom)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Read at : http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/high-density-vertical-growth-systems/ High Density Vertical Growth Systems A couple different systems are featured here – one for large commercial operations and one for the balcony. Valcent Products makes the commercial system, noting that “80% of our farmland is … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security, vertical gardening

European countries must abandon subsidies and higher production targets for biofuels (IPS)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55854 ‘Europe Worsening Hunger Worldwide’ By Timothy Spence BRUSSELS, May 31, 2011 (IPS) – With spiralling food prices threatening to leave millions more people hungry every year, European countries must abandon subsidies and higher production targets for … Continue reading →

Posted in energy/bioenergy/biofuels, hunger / famine, OXFAM

IFAD will have financed seven projects in Chad (African Agriculture / UN News Center))

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/2011/05/un-grant-to-help-rural-farmers-in-chad.html UN grant to help rural farmers in Chad The United Nations agency tasked with trying to alleviate rural poverty has announced a $17.4 million loan and grant agreement aimed at helping some 132,000 poor people in … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, IFAD, WFP

The extraordinary success of Burkina Faso (African Agriculture)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/2011/05/burkina-fasos-farming-miracle.html Burkina Faso’s farming miracle by Duncan Green Just been reading ‘Helping Africa to Feed Itself: Promoting Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger’, a paper by Steve Wiggins and Henri Leturque, both of the ODI. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security

China: lowest rainfall levels for at least 60 years (The Telegraph)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/8321368/Chinas-drought-could-have-devastating-consequences.html China’s drought could have ‘devastating’ consequences Lowest rainfall for 60 years in the North China Plain threatens wheat harvest, food prices and the global economy. By Peter Foster, in Shanxi Province 6:30AM GMT 14 Feb 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security

Why don’t hungry people grow food in hanging containers ? (St. Lucas Institute Ghent / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

The construction of an interim vegetable garden on a former playground, to be transformed into new workplaces by the St. Luke Architecture School of Science & Arts, offered a group of motivated bachelor students of the course Interior Architecture a … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition

Be innovative : Alleviate hunger with pallet gardening (St. Lucas Institute Ghent / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

The construction of an interim vegetable garden on a former playground, to be transformed into new workplaces by the St. Luke Architecture School of Science & Arts, offered a group of motivated bachelor students of the course Interior Architecture a … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, food / food security

Making food production in drylands easy : sack gardening (St. Lucas Institute Ghent / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

The construction of an interim vegetable garden on a former playground, to be transformed into new workplaces by the St. Luke Architecture School of Science & Arts, offered a group of motivated bachelor students of the course Interior Architecture a … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security

Vertical gardening, solutions for the hunger problems in the drylands (St. Lucas Institute Ghent / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

The construction of an interim vegetable garden on a former playground, to be transformed into new workplaces by the St. Luke Architecture School of Science & Arts, offered a group of motivated bachelor students of the course Interior Architecture a … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security, vertical gardening

Gardening in car tires, a solution for the drylands (St. Lucas Institute Ghent / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

The construction of an interim vegetable garden on a former playground, to be transformed into new workplaces by the St. Luke Architecture School of Science & Arts, offered a group of motivated bachelor students of the course Interior Architecture a … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security