Uncategorized


Water War Games

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen August 14, 2013 Using water as defense, drowning the land of 400,000 people, destroying villages … Continued



Salty Potatoes

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Martin van Beusekom July 30, 2013 With a billion hectares of saline land and … Continued




Turnaround City

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen July 04, 2013 It had the distinction of being ‘the worlds most polluted city’ ten … Continued





Farmer-smart ICT?

Posted by Likimyelesh Nigussie June 03, 2013 One of the big challenges in achieving global food security  is ‘closing the … Continued



To start to exist

posted by Allah Baksh and Frank van Steenbergen May 10, 2013 Postcard from Tharparkar, the desert on the border of Pakistan … Continued


alt

Open Letter to UNICEF

posted by Frank van Steenbergen April 29, 2013 If you would head an organization whose mandate is to protect of the … Continued


Good Grab, Bad Grab

posted by Frank van Steenbergen April 22, 2013 With the large and sometimes overexposed attention for land grabbing in Africa, good … Continued


Pocket paradises

posted by Frank van Steenbergen April 01, 2013 Cities grow and there is nothing stopping them. In 2050 not half but … Continued




Freak Climate Changes

posted by Frank van Steenbergen March 04, 2013 While we ponder on long term climate change, and on what the middle … Continued



Cactus, the Arid Miracle

posted by Ahmed Albakri, Bothinah Albakri, Sharafuddin A. Saleh and Frank van Steenbergen February 18, 2013 Cactus is a miracle plant.  … Continued