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We can also have food security with small kitchen gardens (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: After reading the preceding article on the excellent publications of FAO and IFPRI, commented by Afr … more →

Tags: Desertification, food / food security, hunger / famine, Agriculture, Gardening & Horticulture, Drought, malnutrition, Vegetables, dryland farming

Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091106145308.htm Nitrogen Loss … more →

Tags: Agriculture, fertilizer - nutrients

New ocean to split Ethiopia (afrol)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : afrol News http://www.afrol.com/articles/34638 It’s confirmed: New ocean to split Et … more →

Tags: Research & Science

Climate Change and Nitrogen Loss in Arid Desert Soils (Google / National Science Foundation)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115871 … more →

Tags: climate / climate change, Drought Tolerant Plants

Community gardens or kitchen gardens to combat hunger (Willem Van Cotthem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Saving families from chronic lack of vitamins and mineral elements : installing a small kitchen gard … more →

Tags: Community Gardens, dryland farming, family farming, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, kitchen garden

World's First 'Self-Watering' Desert Plant: Desert Rhubarb (Science Daily)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090701102904.htm World’s … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, Drought Tolerant Plants, water

UNICEF's seed has germinated in the Saharawi refugee camps (Taleb BRAHIM / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Please read a message from Engineer Taleb BRAHIM, in 2006-2008 responsible for the coordination of U … more →

Tags: Desertification, family gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, Public Health, School Gardens, Seeds

TIME TO ACT TO COMBAT GLOBAL HUNGER IS NOW (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 months ago: Read at : UNNews TIME TO ACT TO COMBAT GLOBAL HUNGER IS NOW, IRELAND TELLS UN DEBATE New York, Sep 2 … more →

Tags: allotment gardens, Community Gardens, CST, Desertification, Drought, dryland farming, family farming, family gardens, food / food security

Small-scale gardening : a giant step forward (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 months ago: Day after day reports on the effect of small-scale farming or gardening on the daily life of rural p … more →

Tags: Community Gardens, Desertification, Drought, dryland farming, family farming, family gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition

Nigeria : Desert Farming Project for the Realization of the National Green Wall Sahara Shelter Belt Project (Leadership Nigeria)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 months ago: Read at : http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/index.php/columns/views/interval?start=28 Diversification … more →

Tags: afforestation, Agriculture, Desertification, dryland farming, Ecology & Environment, food / food security, Forestry, Gardening & Horticulture, Green Wall

Future Forest / Kubuqi Desert (C. GELKEN)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 months ago: I received an interesting mail about Taming the ‘Yellow Dragon’ : “May I share the … more →

Tags: afforestation, Desertification

Small-scale farming and gardening to alleviate malnutrition, hunger and poverty (Willem Van Cotthem)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 months ago: As the representative of the Belgian experts on desertification, I had the privilege and honour of b … more →

Tags: allotment gardens, Community Gardens, cric, CST, Desertification, Drought, family gardens, FAO, food / food security

"Addressing immediate hunger needs is a critical long-term investment" But which one ? (Willem Van Cotthem)

willem van cotthem wrote 4 months ago: Please read attentively my former posting on : “UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPO … more →

Tags: Desertification, family gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, School Gardens, Gardening & Horticulture, Drought, container/bottle gardening, malnutrition

Food security - an unavoidable solution (W. Van Cotthem)

willem van cotthem wrote 5 months ago: I was reading with great interest the content of my former posting : FOOD SECURITY MAJOR CHALLENGE F … more →

Tags: Desertification, family gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, School Gardens, Agriculture, Gardening & Horticulture, Drought, gardening kids

Family gardens for public health in refugee camps (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 5 months ago: Thanks to an initiative of UNICEF ALGERIA (2005-2007), a large number of family gardens has been con … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, dryland farming, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, UNHCR, Who?

The desert and the Roman Period (Bosco PETERS)

willem van cotthem wrote 7 months ago: Please read this message of Rev. Bosco PETERS.  Should one of the visitors of this blog like to comm … more →

Family gardens to solve the hunger problem

willem van cotthem wrote 7 months ago: Looking for the simplest, but most effective method to solve the hunger problem in the drylands ?  O … more →

Tags: Desertification, food / food security, hunger / famine, Agriculture, Drought, malnutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, dryland farming

Saharawis : growing vegetables in the Sahara desert

willem van cotthem wrote 7 months ago: Thanks to the UNICEF-project : “Family gardens in the refugee camps of the Saharawis in S.W. A … more →

Tags: Desertification, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, Vegetables

Western Sahara Conflict (EDA Conference / Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 8 months ago: On Friday April 3rd 2009 a conference on “The Western Sahara Conflict” was organized by … more →

Tags: family gardens, food / food security, School Gardens, Gardening & Horticulture, malnutrition


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