Monthly Archives: August 2011

Somalis fleeing violence and famine arrive in one of the hungriest countries, with the third highest rates of malnutrition (Google / Global Post)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-casbah/somalis-flee-famine-malnourished-yemen Somalis flee famine for malnourished Yemen As the famine grinds on in the Horn of Africa, Somalis are seeking refuge in one of the world’s hungriest countries. Annasofie … Continue reading →

Posted in conflicts, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, Social dimensions

Toyata sponsors afforestation project in China (Google / Asahi)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108260374.html New Toyota Afforestation Project Announced in China Toyota City, Japan, August 26, 2011 — Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that its Chinese subsidiary Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (TMCI) held a … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation

Conventional agriculture creates desertification, organic growing doubles food production, mitigates climate change and alleviates poverty (Google

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110826/COL0704/108260307/Organic-about-dirt-farming-feeding-world-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Food|s Organic is about ‘dirt farming,’ ‘feeding the world’ Written by Jim Ewing Ideas about what constitutes “organic” – especially by people who should know better – surprises me sometimes. For example, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change, Desertification, organic farming

Turkmenistan joins several UN environmental conventions (Google / Trend)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/turkmenistan/1923535.html Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Aug. 26 / Trend H.Hasanov / Turkmenistan has acceded to a number of UN environmental conventions, the State and Law Institute under the Turkmen President reported. Turkmenistan ,as the subject … Continue reading →

Posted in UNCBD, UNCCD, UNFCCC

Climate change is also leading to the re-greening of the world’s most inhospitable deserts (Google / The Daily Beast)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/26/climate-change-is-making-deserts-greener.html The Upside to Global Warming Climate change is desiccating some areas of the globe—but it’s also leading to the re-greening of the world’s most inhospitable deserts. A few thousand years ago, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, global warming

Good news from Kemboujeh-The Gambia (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

During his visit to my house in Belgium I had an opportunity of showing Kalifa KANTEH (The Gambia) how to grow plants in plastic bottles.  I had also the pleasure of offering him a quantity of seeds, collected  by friends … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security

Let the cargo ships in, but not the envelopes ! (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

On August 25, 2011,  I posted the following : The fear of pests imported with food by people, not by cargo ships  Posted on August 25, 2011 by Willem Van Cotthem Read at : http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/one-world-most-feared-pests-found-chicago-230341479.html One of the world’s ‘most … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, seedsforfood

Drought : direct consequence of weather phenomena associated with climate change and global warming (IPS)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=104899 Global Warming Behind Somali Drought By Julio Godoy PARIS, Aug 26, 2011 (IPS) – The severe drought in the Horn of Africa, which has caused the death of at least 30,000 children and is affecting some … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, drought, global warming

Refuting earlier alarmist claims that drought has induced a decline in global plant productivity (Eurelalert)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/bu-nsr_2081211.php NASA study refutes claims of drought-driven declines in plant productivity, global food security BU researchers find that modeling errors produced exaggerated claims A new, comprehensive study by an international team of scientists, including scientists at Boston … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, drought, food / food security

Simple and ready-to-use packaged kits : bucket kit, drum kit, Easy drip and Customized kit (African technology Development Forum)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.atdforum.org/spip.php?article450 Affordable Drip Irrigation Technology By Webmaster International Development Enterprise India (IDEI)’s Drip irrigation programme started in 1997 to address the irrigation problems of small and marginal farm families living in water scarce regions of India. Drip … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, drip irrigation