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Common risks: four stories on rural laundry
by Getanew Tesfaw, Assefa Kumsa, Frank van Steenbergen Doing laundry in rural Africa or Asia is hard work, taking many … Continued
By Ashfaque Ahmed Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Climate change has a major impact on human, but the impact on livestock is nothing less. An example are the 2022 floods in Pakistan: here more than one million animals lost their lives: especially of the larger animals, that could not be moved to safe grounds. It left many rural households without part of the sustenance of the family. Besides the risk of being stranded during a flood, livestock is affected in many other dimensions of cropping in spate areas, livestock is a major livelihood resource, farmers are dependent on. Climate resilient livestock management has always been a challenge for the farmers, particularly in poverty stricken and climatically sensitive areas, like the spate irrigated areas, where heavy floods sometime cause troubles. Global warming results varied intensity of climate events which leads to warmer and more intense summers. This substantially impacts on livestock productivity and therefore declined animal products such as milk… Continued
by Getanew Tesfaw, Assefa Kumsa, Frank van Steenbergen Doing laundry in rural Africa or Asia is hard work, taking many … Continued
Every centimetre of sea level rise is directly felt here at the low-lying Sundarbans – world’s largest mangrove forest, and … Continued
Globally, nearly 7 million people live in refugee camps. Refugee camps are temporary facilities for people on the move, and … Continued
Thomas Hoerz, Area Manager Somaliland, Welthungerhilfe Hargesia, November 11, 2021 Looking at the larger picture – the international climate change regime – … Continued
Meheretu Yonas & Luwieke Bosma, MetaMeta Research and Rodent Green, Wageningen, The Netherlands Karmadine Hima, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger … Continued
In 2015, Chennai was hit by a major flood, considered to be the worst flood to hit that part of … Continued
In this webinar, IHE Delft’s Prof. Roshanka Ranasinghe, Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC AR6 WGI report, will summarise … Continued
by Meghna Mukherjee and Frank van Steenbergen Introduction With at least 750 million of the poorest women and girls spending … Continued
By Francesco Sambalino October 18, 2021 A lot is said about climate change. It is too hot. It will become … Continued
By Meheretu Yonas – Rodent Green Management Rodent pests and rodenticide use in Ethiopia Ethiopia’s economy heavily depends on agriculture, it … Continued
By Allah Bakhsh, project coordinator FBLN SPO. Introduction Balochistan is arid in term of surface water availability. There are places … Continued
By Femke van Woesik As the most recent IPCC report on climate change was released last month, daunting headlines stating … Continued
by Francesco Sambalino, Eefje Visser, Kim de Groot September 8, 2021 Using a drone, we mapped ±4000 hectares of farmland … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen Post card from Riga, Latvia. It is the blessing of seasonality – the need to preserve … Continued
By Allah Bakhsh, project coordinator FBLN SPO. Introduction The entire Kachi Plain in Balochistan, Pakistan, is devoid of fresh groundwater … Continued
By Meheretu Yonas, Luwieke Bosma and Frank van Steenbergen Village-level Ecologically based Rodent Management is promoted by Rodent Green and … Continued
By Marina Vara Gutiérrez and Simon Chevalking The Salt Challenge Are there options to make the best of these increasing saline … Continued
posted by Frank van Steenbergen Since Lester Brown’s seminal book “Who will feed China?” many eyes have been watching the … Continued
More crop per drop: Farmer-learning and the promise of improved water use in agriculture By Frank van Steenbergen and Petra … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen St. Bishoy Monastries – Dug out shallow water source (own image) The oases of Wadi … Continued