Small-scale gardening, a big step in combating desertification (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Testimonial pictures from family gardens in S.W. Algeria (Sahara desert), taken by Miriam HIRZEL :

2008-05 - Family garden in Smara refugee camp : vegetables on drip irrigation lines, daily fresh food for the children.
2008-05 - Family garden in Smara refugee camp : vegetables on drip irrigation lines, a bit of fresh food for the children. (Photo Miriam HIRZEL)
2008-05 - Small greenhouse built with plastic sheets houses lots of tomatoes. (Photo Miriam HIRZEL)
2008-05 - Small greenhouse built with plastic sheets houses lots of tomatoes. (Photo Miriam HIRZEL)
2008-05- The very start of a kitchen garden with some red beetroots and sweet peppers (Photo Miriam HIRZEL).
2008-05- The very start of a kitchen garden with some red beetroots and sweet peppers (Photo Miriam HIRZEL).
2008-05 - People living in the hostile environment of the Sahara desert are happ^y with the first results in their small kitchen garden.
2008-05 - People living in the hostile environment of the Sahara desert are happy with the first results in their small kitchen garden.(Photo Miriam HIRZEL)
2008-05 - Lessons learned are important steps towards success in the family garden, making people less dependent on external food aid (Photo Mirtiam HIRZEL).
2008-05 - Lessons learned are important steps towards success in the family garden, making people less dependent on external food aid (Photo Mirtiam HIRZEL).
2008-05 - Technologies like drip irrigation are improving vegetable production (Photo Miriam HIRZEL).
2008-05 - Technologies like drip irrigation are improving vegetable production (Photo Miriam HIRZEL).

Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.

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