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Desert Ways (Google / The Permaculture Research Institute USA)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Read aat : Google Alert – desertification http://www.permacultureusa.org/2008/11/19/desert-way … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Conservation, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought, Ecology & Environment, Ecosystems, Technologies, water

First floods, than moisture stress : a solution (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Please read with me the former posting on this blog :”After flood, Orissa faces semi-drought c … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Drought, Floods, food / food security, soil conditioning, Technologies, water

Combating desertification : Stabilizing sand with a soil conditioner (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: In 1983, I started research work at the University of Ghent (Belgium) to develop a water and fertili … more →

Tags: Soil, Technologies, soil conditioning, Erosion, sand fixation

MICRO-LOANS OF A SOIL CONDITIONER TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION, HUNGER AND POVERTY (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Suggestion for all people interested in desertification and sustainable development The soil conditi … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, poverty, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, Technologies, TerraCottem

Improving plant growth with a soil conditioner in the drylands of Tamil Nadu (India)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: A Belgian group around the Past-President of one of the Rotary International clubs in Antwerp (Belgi … more →

Tags: Agriculture, bottle gardens, container/bottle gardening, family gardens, food / food security, horticulture / gardening, plastic (PET) bottles / bags, soil conditioning, Technologies

Time to pay attention to land degradation: UNCCD (Google / The Economic Times)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNati … more →

Tags: Soil, Desertification, climate / climate change, land / land degradation, Technologies, Drought, soil conditioning, greenhouse gasses, Global Warming

Algeria : Success of family garden project growing (Taleb BRAHIM / Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: UNICEF’s family garden project Last week agronomist Taleb BRAHIM, coordinating engineer of UNI … more →

Tags: desert/desert gardening, drip irrigation, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, Refugees, soil conditioning, Sustainable Development, Technologies, UNICEF

Family gardens and urban gardening to reverse the world's food crisis (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Family gardens and urban gardening to reverse the world’s food crisis Drought is described as … more →

Tags: Agriculture, allotment gardens, balconies / window sills, climate / climate change, Community Gardens, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought

Global warming, hunger and poverty (Willem)1 comment

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: MY COMMENT SENT TO THE VOA NEWS Dear Sirs, Today I have been reading your article http://www.voanews … more →

Tags: Agriculture, CGIAR, climate / climate change, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought, Ecosystems, environmental refugees, family gardens

Please send me pieces of your mother-in-law's tongue (Plant Care Tips / Willem)1 comment

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Pieces of your mother-in-law’s tongue Visitors of this blog know that I am a consultant to the … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, Erosion, Experiments, family gardens, Gardening & Horticulture, Refugees, sand storms, SCAD

Transparent plastic pots as mini-greenhouses (ianramjohn / Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: An interesting comment at “ianramjohn’s blog” : FURTHER THOUGHTS ! Read at : http: … more →

Tags: container/bottle gardening, Experiments, Gardening & Horticulture, Greenhouse Gardening, indoor gardening, Soil, Technologies, water, Water Management

Yoghurt pots as mini-greenhouses (Willem)2 comments

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Yoghurt pots as mini-greenhouses A major part of my life has been dedicated to the combat of deserti … more →

Tags: Soil, water, poverty, Desertification, Sustainable Development, Rural Development, Technologies, Water Management, Standards of Living

Using plastic bags as cheap grow bags (A. SCHRADER / Willem)2 comments

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Last year I published a message on “Cheap grow bags“, containing some of my ideas about … more →

Tags: Conservation, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought, Ecology & Environment, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, gardening kids

Algeria : Successful gardening by Saharawis in the Sahara desert (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Today, engineer Taleb BRAHIM, Saharawi coordinator of the UNICEF-project on “Construction of f … more →

Tags: Agriculture, capacity building, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drip irrigation, Drought, family gardens, fertilizer - nutrients, food / food security

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

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: The UNICEF-project “Construction of family gardens and school gardens in the refugee camps of the Sa … more →

Tags: Annual Income, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drip irrigation, Drought, family gardens, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture

Algeria : Successful UNICEF project in Sahara desert (Willem)1 comment

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: To illustrate the successful evolution of the UNICEF-project “Construction of family gardens a … more →

Tags: Agriculture, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought, family gardens, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, irrigation, malnutrition

"Hope seeds" and "Seeds for Life" (Willem)1 comment

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Having launched in August 2007 a new initiative in Belgium, called “Seeds for Life” (see … more →

Tags: poverty, Desertification, Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Gardening & Horticulture, Social dimensions, Technologies, Drought, soil conditioning

Algeria - Education for children of Sahrawis refugees (uno-fluechtlingshilfe / Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: http://www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de/?page=132 Algeria – Education for children of Sahrawis ref … more →

Tags: Desertification, family gardens, food / food security, School Gardens, Drought, soil conditioning, WFP, UNICEF, UNHCR

Algeria : Desert gardening to combat desertification (Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: UNICEF’s family garden project in the Tindouf region (Sahrawis refugee camps, S.W. Algeria) st … more →

Tags: desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought, family gardens, food / food security, Gardening & Horticulture, hunger / famine, malnutrition, Public Health


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