Category Archives: sack gardening

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

Vertical gardens and mini greenhouses (SPORE)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Read at : http://spore.cta.int/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&lang=en&id=2064&catid=12 Field report from Kenya Field report from Kenya Two simple technologies are helping urban dwellers to grow fresh produce in very small spaces. The result is more varied diets for families and extra income from the … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, sack gardening

What comes first: Strategies for combating climate change or for creating gardens to produce food for children? (Willem VAN COTTHEM / MediaGlobal / UNICEF)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Let me recommend to read very attentively the former posting on this blog : UNICEF: Children most vulnerable to climate change http://www.mediaglobal.org/2011/12/02/unicef-children-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change/ UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, allotment gardens, balconies / window sills, city gardening, Climate / climate change, community gardens, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, family gardens, food / food security, gardening kids, guerilla gardening, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, nutrition, sack gardening, school gardens, sustainable gardening, UNICEF, urban gardening, vertical gardening, Victory Gardens

By the year 2020, some 40 million Africans will be depending exclusively on food grown in cities (Google / MNN)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – vertical gardening http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/the-constant-gardeners The constant gardeners Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. By OnEarth magazine GREEN SLUM: Mohamed Abdullahi inspects corn at an organic … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, city gardening, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, sack gardening, urban agriculture/farming

Sack gardening, an anti-desertification tool (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Please have a look at my newest video : http://youtu.be/UgFxQKPblaw Growing vegetables and fruits in sacks has a growing popularity. In desertified drylands all these food crops can be grown better than in the poor soils. Therefore, sack gardening is … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, sack gardening

Sack gardening, a novel tool for the hungry and malnourished (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

In many countries sack gardening is making sensational progress.  It takes the flight of the condor. On February 18, 2010, IRIN News published the article ‘KENYA: Bag a farm‘ (see : http://desertification.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/urban-farming-growing-vegetables-in-sacks-in-kenya-irin/): ‘Faced with high food prices, low income and … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, sack gardening

A simple and cheap way to produce food (Gulayan Bulaklakan- The Philippines)

Posted on November 5, 2011 by
Posted in food / food security, sack gardening

How to ensure food security for all the hungry of this world ? (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Let us read again attentively the former posting on this blog : “WITH HIGH FOOD PRICES SET TO CONTINUE, UN AGENCIES ISSUE CALL TO ACTION” (New York, Oct 10 2011 10:05AM) Let us first underscore the main issues : A … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, allotment gardens, city gardening, container/bottle gardening, family farming, family gardens, food / food security, food crisis, gardening kids, guerilla gardening, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, MDG, nutrition, rooftop gardening, sack gardening, school gardens, small-scale farming, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, vegetables, vertical farming, vertical gardening, Victory Gardens

Multi-storey (sack) gardening – (UNHCR / GTZ / BMZ)

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

Read at : 4b7becf99 Multi-storey gardening (sack gardening)

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, sack gardening

Multi-Storey (sack) Gardening (Facebook / UNHCR)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

A Facebook message from Cynthia ODERA (Kenya)  at http://www.facebook.com/groups/273559399327792/ UNHCR – Multi-Storey Gardening: Training Manual 2008 http://www.unhcr.org 4b7becf99

Posted in Gardening / Horticulture, sack gardening