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Producing biofertilizers to promote circulation of money

by Meghna Mukherjee and Jean Marc Pace January 18, 2020 A couple of days back I was reading a book … Continued

Studying soil from space: Impact of re-greening on soil carbon

by Leon Casse November 16, 2020 Over the past years Justdiggit has carried outs multiple interventions in southern Kenya in … Continued

On Local Circular Growth: Appreciating Local Value Chains

By Frank van Steenbergen, Rommert Schram, and Jean Pace Ricci Value chains have received much attention in recent years. They … Continued

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

The power of networking and opportunity analysis in times of COVID-19

Reinier Veldman and Judith de Bruijne September 30, 2020 The world is going through uncertain times with the growing visible … Continued

Intermediary mechanization for construction of dug-out ponds

by Francesco Sambalino, MetaMeta September 04, 2020 Digging ponds is a labour demanding activity when there is no access to … Continued

Another Consecutive Disaster in Sindh

By Ashfaque A. Soomro, Research and Development Foundation (RDF), Pakistan August 31, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has not yet … 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

Seedlings

By Mekdelawit Deribe and Sukru Esin July 2020 In the last 30 years a quiet but far-reaching revolution in our … Continued

Lockdown Reality Check in Sindh

By Niaz Sial, Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen July 13, 2020 Postcard from Naj Gaj, Sindh, one of the … Continued

Sand to protect

Postcard from Muizenfort close to Muiden, the Netherlands: To protect Amsterdam from possible attacks and create a safe haven for … Continued

New Local Energy: Solar Mini-Mills

By Allah Bakhsh, Flood-based Livelihoods Network-Pakistan July 09, 2020 There is a saying derived from hundred years experiences that “necessity is … Continued

A year in spate irrigation: floods as blessings, rain as a problem

by Allah Bakhshh, and Frank van Steenbergen. With inputs from Reinier Veldman June 05, 2020 Postcard from Bagh Nari, Pakistan, … 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

Laundry Made Easier and Safer

by Frank van Steenbergen and Rajeshwar Mishra June 05, 2020 It is a topic that in the debate on WASH … Continued

Locust attacks in Pakistan

by Karim Nawaz, Flood-based Livelihoods Network Pakistan May 28, 2020 The earliest wave of locust swarms attack 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

On Local Circular Growth: the Enormous Paradox

By Frank van Steenbergen May 26, 2020 Image: Old Road Side Inn by Edward Charles Williams 1807-1881 First, a story with … Continued

Irrigation Poverty in Turkmenistan

By Frank van Steenbergen and Letty Fajardo Vera May 22, 2020 Irrigation should bring wealth, not poverty. But in Turkmenistan … Continued

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