Category Archives: Argania spinosa

Soaking Argania spinosa seeds to increase germination potential (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

  In 2008, an interesting article on ‘Nursery Production Techniques for Argan (Argania spinosa L.)’ was published  at : www.eurojournals.com/ejsr_23_4_13.pdf by : Habibah. S. Al-Menaie, N. R. Bhat, M. Abo El-Nil and A. Al-Shatti Arid land Agriculture and Greenery Department … Continue reading →

Posted in Argania spinosa, Forestry

Prosopis, Opuntia and Argania : interesting species for desertlike regions (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on November 18, 2011 by
Posted in Argania spinosa, desert/desert gardening, drought tolerant plants, Opuntia ficus-indica, Prosopis juliflora

Fabulous expensive argann oil is now produced in Israel (Green Prophet)

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/10/argan-oil-now-produced-in-israel/ Argan Oil Now Produced in Israel Miriam Kresh Much of Morocco’s argan oil still comes from nuts excreted by goats. The fabulously expensive oil is now produced in Israel – without goat droppings. Ever get the … Continue reading →

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Argan oil (Green Prophet)

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/05/argan-oil-goat/ Argan Oil – Dare Eat Nuts Broken By a Goat’s Butt? Karin Kloosterman Argan oil is a delicacy and fair trade product from Morocco. Returning home from Morocco last month with a bundle of treasures including … Continue reading →

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Fighting Desertification In Morocco Global Ideas (e.g. argan trees) – Video

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Seen at : Google Alert – desertification http://wn.com/Fighting_desertification_in_Morocco_|_Global_Ideas Fighting Desertification In Morocco Global Ideas – from WN Network. WorldNews delivers latest Breaking news including World News, U.S., politics, business, …

Posted in Argania spinosa, Desertification

Focus on Argania spinosa, an oil tree for the drylands (Frank Ziddah / Willem van Cotthem)

Posted on August 7, 2010 by

After publishing an album of argan pictures on my Facebook, Frank ZIDDAH commented : ‘I have taken some time to look around for more on the Argan forest formed by argan tree and I am delighted about its prospects in … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Argania spinosa, desert/desert gardening, reforestation

An argan forest in the Algerian Sahara (Abdelm. Mouzaoui / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

Thanks to my good friends the Foresters of Tindouf (Sahara desert, S.W. Algeria) I was lucky to visit a splendid argan forest in the desert valley Oued Elmaa.  Mr. Abdelmoumène MOUZAOUI, forester, offered me some photographs and I had opportunities … Continue reading →

Posted in Argania spinosa, Forestry