Category Archives: annual income

Zimbabwe : using “marginal water” to ease water scarcity, provide food and earn a living (AfricaFiles)

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Marginal water used in Bulawayo Author: Busani Bafana, Bulawayo Category: Ecology Date: 1/22/2010 Source: Inter Press Service News Agency Source Website: www.ipsnews.net <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.ipsnews.net> African Charter Article# 24: All peoples shall have the right to a … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, drought, food / food security, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, Water

Women take on men’s jobs to feed their families (IRIN)

Posted on October 15, 2009 by

Read at : IRINNews humanitarian news and analysis a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs SOMALIA: Women take on men’s jobs to feed their families NAIROBI, 15 October 2009 (IRIN) – Khadijo Mahamud, a mother … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, conflicts, food / food security, hunger / famine, poverty, Social dimensions

Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products (USDA)

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

Self-Help Suggestions for Rural Entrepreneurs can be consulted at : http://forestry.about.com/treeincome.pdf

Posted in annual income, financial aspects, Forestry

Generating power and money (AfricaFiles)

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

Read at : Africa InfoServ <infoserv@africafiles.org> No. 19702: Generating power and money — Ecology Title:  Generating power and money Author:  John Keane Category:  Ecology Date:  12/20/2008 Source:  ICT Update Source Website:  http://tinyurl.com/4zckho African Charter Article# 24: All peoples shall have … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, Ecology - environment, financial aspects, Social dimensions, solar energy

Microcredits or microloans of a soil conditioner (Google / Magharebia / Willem)

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – Algeria http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2008/03/17/newsbrief-05 Algeria to increase microcredits for young entrepreneurs Algeria’s Ministry of National Solidarity plans to raise the number of microcredits granted to young Algerian entrepreneurs to more than 100,000 by the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, desert/desert gardening, family gardens, fertilizer - nutrients, financial aspects, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, gender, microfinance - franchising, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty, rural development, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, standards of living, sustainable development, sustainable gardening, vegetables, water management, women/youth and desertification | Leave a comment

Algeria : Fresh food in refugee camps (UNICEF / Willem)

Posted on February 29, 2008 by

The UNICEF-project “Construction of family gardens and school gardens in the refugee camps of the Saharawis” (Tindouf region, S.W. Algeria) is contributing in a very efficient way to food security and public health in the refugee camps.  Continuous efforts to … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drip irrigation, drought, family gardens, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, hunger / famine, malnutrition, public health, refugees, school gardens, soil conditioning, Success stories - best practices, sustainable development, UNICEF, water management, WFP | Leave a comment

id21RuralNews Number 25, January 2008 (id21)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by

*** id21RuralNews Number 25, January 2008 *** New thinking needed to address the rural employment crisis A further 106 million people will have joined the rural labour force in the developing world by 2015. What work will they find and … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, Climate / climate change, Desertification, economy, employment, Pastoralism / animal husbandry, poverty, Social dimensions, Water | Leave a comment

IDE’s success stories (IDE)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by

Read at : http://www.ide-international.org/news/gates_grant_2.php Our Life is Much Better An IDE Success Story from Zambia Before learning about IDE, Peter Chakanyuka, along with his wife and six children, farmed a ½ hectare plot of land.  Depending upon rain for irrigation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, annual income, irrigation, Social dimensions, Water | Leave a comment

Mali : Rural women process and sell shea butter (Google / Farm Radio Weekly)

Posted on February 20, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://farmradio.org/english/weekly/2008/02/04/rural-women-process-and-sell-shea-butter/ Farm Radio Weekly is a news and information service for rural radio broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa. It is published by Developing Countries Farm Radio Network. Rural women process and sell shea butter … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, conservation, Desertification, Ecology - environment, financial aspects, Social dimensions, women/youth and desertification | Leave a comment

Top 50 Microfinance Institutions and poverty reduction (dgMicrofinance / Willem)

Posted on February 15, 2008 by

Read at : dgMicrofinance <microfinance@developmentgateway.org> Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Microfinance http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance?intcmp=920 Forbes Magazine Ranks World’s Top 50 Microfinance Institutions Almost 12,000 microfinance institutions (MFI) exist worldwide today, launched by private capital sources aiming to profit from investment making micro-loans to … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, community gardens, Desertification, drought, family gardens, financial aspects, Gardening / Horticulture, irrigation, microfinance - franchising, poverty, Social dimensions, Soil, soil conditioning, Technologies, water management | Leave a comment