Agroecology

On Local Circular Growth: Strengthening Local Value Chains

Frank van Steenbergen, Rommert Schram, Abraham Abhishek, Jean Marc Pace Rici October 21, 2020 In many poor rural areas, there … Continued

Introduction: Understanding, responding to the Desert Locust Crisis

The world is reasonably aware of the scale of ongoing locust outbreaks (2019-20) in East Asia and West Africa, and … Continued

Understanding the linkage between land-use change, anthropogenic activities and locust growth

Locust outbreaks and their impact on humans and crops have been well documented. However, the linkage between anthropogenic activities, land-use … Continued

Catching, profiting from locusts as an effective response to outbreaks

In January 2020, the Pakistan Ministry of National Food Security was faced with a new challenge. Swarms of locusts had … Continued

Essential oils-based locusticides: a step towards minimizing environmental impact

In light of the negative environmental impact of pesticides used to control locusts, the use of biopesticides is being widely … Continued

The Ancient Olive Tree

By Frank van Steenbergen August 28, 2020 Postcard from Vouves in the Municipality of Kolymivari in Eastern Crete in Greece … Continued

On Local Circular Growth: Creating 500,000 Jobs in Rural Transport in Ethiopia

by Frank van Steenbergen, Kifle Woldearegay, Mekdelawit Deribe and Kebede Manjur, Theophilius Kioko, and Abraham Abhishek August 21, 2020 … Continued

Seeds as Opportunities in Rural Ethiopia

by Jean Marc Pace June 05, 2020 Why are seeds important? Every meal ever eaten started off as seeds. Seeds … Continued

Locust attacks in Pakistan

by Karim Nawaz, Flood-based Livelihoods Network Pakistan May 28, 2020 The earliest wave of locust swarm attacks was reported in … Continued

A Vermiculture Movement in Turkey

By Sukru Esin and Frank van Steenbergen May 27, 2020 Vermiculture – the use of worms to transform waste – … Continued

Eden Toxic

Eden Toxic Postcard from Koga, Amhara, Ethiopia by Frank van Steenbergen April 23, 2020 Postcard from Koga – in Amhara, … Continued

Locust in Yemen: a plague or an opportunity?

Yemen, war, Cholera outbreaks, malnutrition, poverty, secession, and locust outbreaks are the keywords in all the talks about Yemen currently. … Continued

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