An organic manure factory for Rs. 800 only!
An innovative idea by a farmer in Chennimalai, Tamil Nadu lets farmers create their own liquid manure out of the … Continued
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The StoneMeal Project
Ethiopian farming lands are decreasing fertility and farmers have limited access to information about production and use of farm inputs. … Continued
Rural Technologies_Wild Mushrooms
The area under spate irrigation in Pakistan is very substantial and by most reliable estimate it is 1.4 M ha … Continued
water hidden in pizza margarita
Could making your own pizza save water? When you look at a pizza margherita you wouldn’t think much water had … Continued
North-west Pakistan: flood-affected farmers rush to plant before winter
As winter approaches in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas, farmers are in a race against time … Continued
Green Toilet Talks (Part 2): A Documentary on Ecological Sanitation, explaining compost toilets
In the villages of Galle, Potuvil and Alayadivembu new toilets have been constructed, which are flood save, do not consume … Continued
Latrine Construction in Aguie, Niger
As part of the “Productive Sanitation in Aguie – Project” the local population in this dry southern district of Niger … Continued
Rice Advice: Land Preparation
How does land preparation and water management affect crop establishment, weed management and rice yields? And why does a field … Continued
Azolla – Nutrient supplement for cattle
Azolla is a great free floating fern which grows very well in the right conditions and can be put to … Continued
Rice on the roof: Using grey water to grow paddy
A simple reed system can clean washing machine and bath water enough to grow rice. What better place to do … Continued
Ecosanitation system in Bangalore, India
Sustainable sanitation is the holy grail that is being chased in both developed and developing world. Ecosan, ecological sanitation, is … Continued
Man and ecology
Man and ecology Postcard from Awezet, Farta (Amhara, Ethiopia) Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, Getachew Engdayehu, and Bantamlak Wondmnow June 05, … Continued
Vermiculture: Turkey’s new booming agro-business
Vermiculture: Turkey’s new booming agro-business Posted by Sukru Esin April 16, 2019 A culture of dynamism and a entrepreneurship is … Continued
Managing soil moisture: the waterpads in Turkey
The key to better water productivity is often not through managing water as such but by taking better care of … Continued
The Maize Trap
The Maize Trap “Maize is not food – food is maize” Posted by Luwieke Bosma, Theophilus Kioko, and Michaeel Nzuki … Continued
Life Skills – the missing foundation to improving socio-economic growth
Life Skills – the missing foundation to improving socio-economic growth Posted by Otto Hoffman February 15, 2017 Image courtesy Wikimedia … Continued
Is peri-urban wastewater reuse the right pathway to food security?
Is Peri-urban wastewater use the right pathway to food security? Posted by Otto Hoffman November 8, 2016 Urbanization and population … Continued
Quality not quantity is the greatest threat to Asia’s most important source of groundwater
Scientists from the British Geological Survey (BGS) have published a new paper in Nature Geoscience mapping out the quantity and … Continued
Managing the Polder Patchwork
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Manoranjan Mondal December 13, 2015 In the 1960’s and 1970’s a large part … Continued
Women business innovators
Posted by Nardos MasreshaDecember 8, 2015 As women are a central strategy of the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC), the … Continued