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Category Archives: SCAD
India : Kitchen gardens and fruit tree afforestation to combat drought, desertification and poverty (SCAD)
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
American and Canadian interest in “Seeds for Life” project (Willem)
In August 2007, I launched the new project “Seeds for Life” in Belgium (http://zadenvoorleven.worpress.com ; with an English page). Quite soon, it became a real success, people sending me at regular intervals the seeds they collected from the fruits they … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, drought, family gardens, FAO, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, Gates Foundation, hunger / famine, malnutrition, NGO/CSO - Civil society, recycling, SCAD, school gardens, seeds, Social dimensions, UNICEF, vegetables, WFP, WHO, women/youth and desertification
Seeds for Life (Willem)
http://www.zadenvoorleven.wordpress.comSeeds for Life Let us ban hunger and poverty from the World UNICEF PROJECT IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS OF THE SAHRAWIS (S.E. ALGERIA)PROJECT OF THE SCAD ORGANIZATION IN TAMIL NADU (SOUTH-INDIA) WE COLLECT SEEDS OF TROPICAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNTIL … Continue reading
Samen für Leben (Willem)
http://www.zadenvoorleven.wordpress.com SAMEN FÜR LEBEN Vertreiben wir Hunger und Armut von der Erde UNICEF PROJEKT IN DEN FLÜCHTLINGSLAGERN DER SAHRAWIS (S.O ALGERIEN) PROJEKT DER ORGANISATION SCAD IN TAMIL NADU (SÜD-INDIEN) SAMENEINSAMMLUNG VON TROPISCHEN FRÜCHTEN UND GEMÜSEN BIS ENDE 2008 In 2005 … Continue reading
Semi per la vita (Willem)
SEMI PER LA VITA PROGETTO UNICEF : accampamento del rifugiato del Sahrawis in S.W. Algeria PROGETTO SCAD EN TAMIL NADU (INDIA DEL SUR) I vostri semi negli scomparti dell’immondizia o nei giardini della famiglia? Nel mese di agosto del 2007 … Continue reading
Semillas para vivo (Willem)
http://www.zadenvoorleven.wordpress.com SEMILLLAS PARA VIVO Excluimos el hambre y la pobreza del Mundo PROYECTO DE UNICEF EN LOS CAMPAMENTOS DE REFUGIADOS DE LOS SAHRAWIS (S.E. ARGELIA) PROYECTO DE LA ORGANIZACION SCAD EN TAMIL NADU (INDIA DEL SUR) COLECTA DE SEMILLAS DE … Continue reading
