Category Archives: women/youth and desertification

REACH-ing for good projects to REALLY tackle child hunger and malnutrition (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

Let us read attentively some paragraphs (or parts thereof) of the former posting on this blog (UN News) : RIO+20: UN AGENCIES SAY TACKLING CHILD HUNGER CRUCIAL TO ACHIEVING ‘THE FUTURE WE WANT’ (June 28, 2012) United Nations agencies today … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, family farming, family gardens, FAO, food / food security, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, nutrition, sack gardening, small-scale farming, small-space gardening, urban gardening, vegetables, vertical farming, vertical gardening, WFP, women/youth and desertification

GHANA: Volta Foundation to harness youth for faster development (NGO News Africa / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on February 21, 2010 by

Read at : NGO News Africa GHANA: Volta Foundation to harness youth for faster development Ho, Feb 18, GNA – The Volta Foundation, a development advocacy NGO, is to harness the energies of the youth to accelerate the economic growth … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, drought, family farming, hunger / famine, malnutrition, Social dimensions, women/youth and desertification

No Green Wall without small-scale gardens for women (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

My attention was caught by some statements in Mrs. Priscilla ACHAKPA’s interview, referred to a former posting on my desertification blog: Nigeria: WEP Wants Green Wall Sahara Programme (http://allafrica.com/stories/201002180504.html) This Executive Director of the Women Environment Programme (WEP) urged the … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Agriculture, Climate / climate change, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands, family farming, food / food security, Food for Work, gender, Great Green Wall (GGW), hunger / famine, nurseries, reforestation, Social dimensions, UNCCD, women/youth and desertification

Give women a chance to slash global hunger with small-scale gardening (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

Have you read the former posting on this blog  ? SMALLHOLDERS, RURAL PRODUCERS KEY TO SLASHING GLOBAL HUNGER AND POVERTY – BAN (UNNews) Please pay attention to the following parts of Mr. BAN KI-MOON’s statement : (1) Smallholders and rural … Continue reading →

Posted in family farming, family gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, school gardens, women/youth and desertification

If only every Kenyan school had a school garden ? (Willem)

Posted on November 19, 2008 by

Did you read the former posting on this blog : Kenya: Drought Forcing Children to Quit School ? I did it very attentively and one important question came up : “What if every Kenyan school had a school garden ?”. … Continue reading →

Posted in desert/desert gardening, drought, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, gardening kids, hunger / famine, malnutrition, school gardens, Social dimensions, Soil, soil conditioning, Technologies, vegetables, Water, WFP, women/youth and desertification

School Feeding in different countries (Google / Friends of WFP)

Posted on October 27, 2008 by

Read at : http://friendsofwfp.typepad.com/friends/2008/10/index.html October 2008 Sunday, October 26, 2008 School Feeding in Rwanda: An Interview with Guy Adoua of the United Nations World Food Programme Rwanda is on the long road to recovery from the 1994 genocide that devastated … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, food / food security, locusts, malnutrition, Social dimensions, WFP, women/youth and desertification

India : Kitchen gardens and fruit tree afforestation to combat drought, desertification and poverty (SCAD)

Posted on June 29, 2008 by

On all continents success stories in the combat of desertification have been booked in different fields of soil management and conditioning, water conservation, harvesting and management, plant production in agriculture and horticulture, afforestation and reforestation. Mitigation of drought, combat of … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Agriculture, capacity building, Desertification, drought, food / food security, fruits, Gardening / Horticulture, NGO/CSO - Civil society, Pictures, poverty, reforestation, SCAD, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, Technologies, TerraCottem, UNCCD, vegetables, Water, water management, women/youth and desertification

Combating desertification with homestead gardening (Willem)

Posted on June 24, 2008 by

Today, we have read with great interest an article published by the Bangladesh’s Independent News Source THE NEW NATION : http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/06/23/news0218.htm Homestead gardening becoming popular in Barind area by BSS, Rajshah Let us have a quick look at some of … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Agriculture, Desertification, drought, fertilizer - nutrients, food / food security, hunger / famine, land / land degradation, malnutrition, natural resources, sustainable agriculture, women/youth and desertification

Ethiopia : Thousands of children threatened by drought (Google / CCTV)

Posted on June 3, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.cctv.com/english/20080602/101433.shtml Thousands of children threatened by drought in Ethiopia WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 06-02-2008 Famine in southern Ethiopia is threatening the lives of thousands of children, as the lack of rain has … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, public health, Social dimensions, Technologies, UNICEF, Water, women/youth and desertification

The “World Food Crops Seedbank” (WFCS) : combating malnutrition and hunger (Willem / Susan Ji Young Park)

Posted on May 31, 2008 by

With some Belgian friends, I am involved in the creation of the “World Food Crops Seedbank” (WFCS). Wikipedia tells us that “a seedbank stores seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves elsewhere are destroyed. It is a … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, environmental refugees, family gardens, food / food security, fruits, Gardening / Horticulture, hunger / famine, malnutrition, poverty, public health, recycling, refugees, school gardens, seeds, Social dimensions, sustainable development, UNICEF, vegetables, WFP, women/youth and desertification