Regenerative Agriculture

Hedges as a key to regenerative farming – Part 2

By Ilja Keukenkamp This blog is the second part of a series of blogs on the potential of hedges as … Continued

Hedges as a key to regenerative farming

Introduction By Ilja Keukenkamp This blog is the second part of a series of blogs on the potential of hedges … Continued

Reflecting on Four Transformative Years: The Green Future Farming Program in Ethiopia

Girma Senbeta (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Getachew Engdayehu (Amhara Bureau of Agriculture), Nardos Masresha (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Guta Eshata Gemmechu (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Bantamlak … Continued

Adding water management: Integrated Pest Management in paddy cultivation

Authors: Clara Nieuwenhuyse, Frank van Steenbergen Visualize a rice paddy field: peaceful, lush green, with rice plants swaying gracefully in … Continued

Empowering Communities to Manage Urban Rodent Populations in Niamey

Authors: Lucía Moreno Spiegelberg, Karmadine Hima, Ibrahim Danzabarma Abdou-Aziz, Madougou Garba, Luwieke Bosma Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. … Continued

Autonomiser les communautés pour gérer les populations de rongeurs urbains à Niamey

Auteurs: Lucía Moreno Spiegelberg, Karmadine Hima, Ibrahim Danzabarma Abdou-Aziz, Madougou Garba, Luwieke Bosma Click here for the English version of … Continued

Revolutionizing Ethiopian Agriculture: The Power of Homemade Liquid Biofertilizers

Author: Nardos Masresha Ethiopia’s agricultural sector has long been the backbone of its economy, providing livelihoods for most of its … Continued

Black Soldier Flies (Hermetia illuciens) as alternative feed for small-scale poultry

Authors: Dawit Kidane, Luwieke Bosma, Femke van Woesik In Ethiopia, small-scale poultry farmers grapple with scarcity and high-quality feed costs, … Continued

Enhancing rice field resilience: Pioneering Ecologically-Based Rodent Management in the Senegal River delta

Authors: Luwieke Bosma, Ibrahima Sow, Yonas Meheretu and Ambroise Dalecky In the Senegal River Valley, as well as in other … Continued

Revolving funds as catalysts for sustainable livelihoods – Experience from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Author: Girma Senbeta The implementation of the revolving fund scheme under the Green Future Farming (GFF) project in Middle Awash … Continued

How Gabion Dams reshaped life in Soke Bokicha Kebele, Ethiopia

Authors: Guta Eshata & Femke van Woesik In Soke Bokicha Kebele, Middle Awash, Ethiopia, the persistent absence of rainfall, even … Continued

Revitalizing the Biskilo-Wererso Watershed in Ethiopia: A Participatory Planning Approach to Land Use Planning

By Redeat Daneil The Biskilo-Wererso Watershed in Oromia, Ethiopia, is not only a place of stunning natural beauty but also … Continued

Worms transforming waste to wealth – Pioneering vermicomposting in the Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

By Guta Eshatu Vermiculture (stemming from the Latin word ‘vermis’, meaning worms) uses earthworms to transform organic waste into high-quality … Continued

Rural Transportation in Ethiopia: Status Quo and Ways Forward

By Getanew Tesfaw In Ethiopia, there are roughly 1.2 million vehicles, meaning that in a group of a hundred people, … Continued

Homestead poultry keeping for a vibrant rural economy

by Getanew Tesfaw Livestock and poultry are essential to strengthen the rural economies as they are serving as supplemental income … Continued

Agroforestry in Amhara, Ethiopia

By Bantamlak Wondmnow Agroforestry is a new name for a set of long-standing practices. Farmers in Amhara have immense traditional … Continued

Sustainable landscape rehabilitation: The establishment of Watershed User’s Cooperatives

By Bantamlak Wondmnow & Femke van Woesik In Ethiopia there are many succesful stories of rehabilitated watersheds through large scale … Continued

Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 2). Shade but no grass.

By Ishani Sonak The rangeland in South of Kenya has been historically dominated by a wide variety of grass species. … Continued

Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 1). End of the tether: Four years of drought

By Ishani Sonak Postcard from Central Rift Valley, Kenya. This is what four years of utter drought look like. … Continued

Multipurpose plantation – making productive use of watershed rehabilitation in Amhara, Ethiopia

By Bantamlak Wondmnow In Amhara, yearly successful watershed rehabilitation campaigns are carried out through the government’s mass mobilization of local … Continued

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