Pest Management through Water Management
by Kbd Serder M Ferdous and Frank van Steenbergen Water management is essential to avoid crop stress and hence ensure … Continued
Reflections by IMPACT (Peter Lengurnet), Musul Community Land (Jackson Nkaiduri), and MetaMeta (Femke van Woesik, Esmee Mulder, Frank van Steenbergen) IMPACT Reversing the Flow program baseline video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ7OMG86Khg Baselines are part of many development endeavors. They document the zero situation and allow later revisiting to objectively see what change has occurred, if any. They are a good practice in development management. Yet beyond these basic good practices, we may ask some fundamental questions, like who is measuring what? Whose indicators matter? In fact, do indicators matter? Who shares what with whom and how? Also, can the baseline be more than an instrument for monitoring, and can it be an asset in locally-led development, too? Many development project baselines focus on measurable indicators such as household income, family wealth, green matter, soil health, water discharge, and more. The baselines are primarily used by implementing organizations and are externally defined. They are captured in writing and not much shared typically beyond the… Continued
by Kbd Serder M Ferdous and Frank van Steenbergen Water management is essential to avoid crop stress and hence ensure … Continued
In Assam, located in the northeast of India, one biologist named Dr. Purnima Barman Devi is putting together an army … Continued
By C.M. Wijayaratna, Abraham Abhishek, Meghna Mukherjee It would be fair to say that there is broad consensus at this … Continued
by Nardos Mesresha, Yoseph Cherinet, Jean Marc Pace, Girma Senbeta Conflict in Northern Ethiopia The war that erupted in Northern … Continued
(The case of GFF/FMO projects and AfricaJuice in Middle Awash, Oromia, Ethiopia) by Jean Marc Pace (MetaMeta Research), Girma Senbata … Continued
By Luwieke Bosma, Saroj Yakami, Dikhyani and Abraham Abhishek We are in India, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Here … Continued
Jean Marc Pace The Prickly-Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) is a ubiquitous sight on the arid Mediterranean Islands of Malta. It … Continued
Bantamlak Wondmnow, Jean Marc Pace, Getachew Engdayehu, Dr. Dessie Assefa, Frank van Steenbergen & Femke van Woesik Landscape restoration activities … Continued
Here is picture from Basurabad, Polder 29, coastal Bangladesh. There is much to see in the picture. First (1) the … Continued
by Abraham Abhishek with inputs from Hans van der Kwast That ‘data is the new oil’ is no longer a … Continued
by Frank van Steenbergen Snapshot from Basurabad, coastal Bangladesh: The last ten years have seen a transformation of agriculture and … Continued
by Femke van Woesik and Frank van Steenbergen This sight is probably quite familiar for people living in an area … Continued
Author: K.S. Gopal ksgopal1952@gmail.com www.cechyderabad.org This is the fourth and final in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in … Continued
Author: K.S. Gopal ksgopal1952@gmail.com www.cechyderabad.org This is the third in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in India. The … Continued
by Femke van Woesik, Frank van Steenbergen, Francesco Sambalino Microclimates are essential regulators of the growth of fungi. Mushrooms, the … Continued
Author: K.S. Gopal ksgopal1952@gmail.com www.cechyderabad.org his is the second in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in India. The … Continued
Colin de Bruijn, MetaMeta Over the past few months the Games with a Heart (GWH) initiative of MetaMeta has taken … Continued
Author: K.S. Gopal ksgopal1952@gmail.com www.cechyderabad.org This is the first in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of … Continued
by Saroj Yakami Maili, 65, lives with her husband. Her two daughters are married and are live far from where … Continued
by Francesco Sambalino When talking about tools and increasing labour productivity, we automatically think of tractors, combine harvesters, and sprayers. … Continued