Blogs about: Sustainable Agriculture

Opening the EU to Sustainable Agriculture

Vedaland wrote 2 weeks ago: Paris voices French fears of losing 100.000 jobs after EU comissionar Mandelson designs a trade … more »

Tags: Brain development, Stress, Transcendental Meditation, EU, peace technology

First Spuds!!!!2 comments

onestraw wrote 3 weeks ago: Here at One Straw we love potatoes. In fact I have an inordinate affection for the entire solanacea … more »

Tags: Counting our Blessings, gardening, harvest, Market Garden, Organic Gardening

India : Kitchen gardens and fruit tree afforestation to combat drought, desertification and poverty (SCAD)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: On all continents success stories in the combat of desertification have been booked in different fi … more »

Tags: water, poverty, capacity building, Desertification, women/youth and desertification, NGOs - Civil society, food / food security, Sustainable Development, Pictures]

Water management in Siketi - Clean water and university studies (SFSA)

willem van cotthem wrote 4 weeks ago: Read at : Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) http://www.syngentafoundation.com/e … more »

Tags: Desertification, drinking water, water conservation / harvesting, Water Management

Oral Histories from the Sahel (Google / Sustainable Agriculture)

willem van cotthem wrote 4 weeks ago: Read at: Google Alert - desertification http://ruraldevelopment.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/oral-histor … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, food / food security, traditional knowledge

and the grasshoppers trembled...

jasminis wrote 1 month ago: I watch my daughter playing in our backyard after my morning walk/run. She runs through the grass, … more »

Tags: Daughters, Dirt, local food, Slow Food

the green...what?

amaraeats wrote 1 month ago: While we’re on the topic of growing food, I thought I’d mention something I came across … more »

Tags: Movies, The Greenhorns, Young People

Combating desertification with homestead gardening (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Today, we have read with great interest an article published by the Bangladesh’s Independent N … more »

Tags: afforestation, Agriculture, Desertification, Drought, fertilizer - nutrients, food / food security, homestead gardening, hunger / famine, land / land degradation

sustainable agriculture coming out my ears!3 comments

aspirantlocavore wrote 1 month ago: i was just overwhelmed again tonight how very lucky i am… i have sustainable agriculture comi … more »

Tags: Diary, sustainability, Masters, thesis, happiness, Sacrifices

IFAD Calls for Sustainable Agriculture to Stop Desertification (Google / Climate-L)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert - desertification http://www.climate-l.org/2008/06/ifad-calls-for.html IFAD … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, food / food security, IFAD

Small Fruit Season

sorghumco wrote 1 month ago: We all love fruit, eh? For those of us who like to eat what we grow and/or eat local food, fruit is … more »

Nigeria pledges 50 million dlrs to fight desertification (Google / AFP)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert - desertification http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hRl3bXLO1F9KyjqDIh5z_DE … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, Drought, land / land degradation, World Day Desertification

UN: Sustainable Crops VS Desertification (Google / Escambray.cu)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert - drought http://www.escambray.cu/Eng/news/Wdrylands080617353.htm UN: Susta … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, Drought, IFAD, World Day Desertification

UN chief urges renewed commitment to reversing desertification (Google / Xinhuanet)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert - desertification http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/18/content_838882 … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, land / land degradation, World Day Desertification

Solomon, or "The slightly different farmer"

Maryanne wrote 1 month ago: Only a few small-scale farmers in and around Adi Behnuna irrigate their small parcels of land. But S … more »

Tags: Semi-arid agriculture, Eritrea, Farmers, irrigation, smalll scale

Implications of the Food Crisis for Long-term Agricultural Development

Maryanne wrote 1 month ago: The prices of maize, wheat, rice, and other crops have more than doubled over the past two years. Th … more »

Tags: Food crisis, Agriculture, development

Nanotechnology, Food, Agriculture and Development1 comment

Maryanne wrote 1 month ago: Imagine eating foods without absorbing harmful allergens and cholesterol into your body. Imagine far … more »

Tags: Agriculture, nanotechnology

Globalization of Food and Agriculture and the Poor

Maryanne wrote 1 month ago: The economic impact of globalization, particularly on poverty, and the changes in agri-food markets … more »

Tags: Semi-arid agriculture, Rural economic growth, Sustainable Development, Agriculture

Gratitude

cloverwreath wrote 1 month ago: As we approach the Zenith, we are finding ourselves not getting the much-hoped-for midsummer lull. M … more »

Tags: Food crisis, Global Warming, Biodynamic, starting farm, gratitude for farmers


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