The Ibb Water Supply Miracle of Resilience
The Ibb Water Supply Miracle of Resilience by Frank van Steenbergen March 10, 2020 It achieves nearly full recovery on … Continued
By Farah Kamaleddine and Sukru Esin While water resources, healthy soils and arable lands continue to degrade, population, industrialization and urbanization continue to expand, leading to unbalanced distribution of resources. The global increase in water scarcity and deterioration in its quality will not cease unless we take rapid action. Over than two billion people live in water stressed countries (UN-Water, 2021). Simultaneously, food consumption is expected to grow by 1.4% annually over the next ten years in low- to middle-income countries (WEF, 2023). Freshwater, being a finite resource, is not sufficient to meet the increasing global water and food demand. Hence, alternative non-conventional water resources need to be explored and validated. Treated wastewater (TWW) has gained momentum during the past years being abundant, readily available, and rich in nutrients and metals that can be recovered and reused in agricultural and/or industrial activities. While this is true, reuse of TWW has faced multiple barriers. To name a few, the unit price… Continued
The Ibb Water Supply Miracle of Resilience by Frank van Steenbergen March 10, 2020 It achieves nearly full recovery on … Continued
Effect of dam construction on underground flows in Jamshoro, Pakistan by Abdul Ghani Soomro and Anila Hameem Memon February 12, 2020 … Continued
Broody: the Essential Art of Hatching by Frank van Steenbergen, Abraham Abhishek, and Reinier Veldman January 13, 2020 ‘Hazol’ hatching … Continued
Locust threat averted in Sindh, Pakistan By Gulsher Panhwer, Research and Development Foundation (RDF), Flood Based Livelihoods Network (FBLN ) … Continued
From the mother of all ponds: road water harvesting in Masala, Ethiopia By Francesco Sambalino and Cecilia Borgia January 03, … Continued
Locust in Yemen: a plague or an opportunity? Yemen, war, Cholera outbreaks, malnutrition, poverty, secession and locust outbreaks, these are … Continued
By Theophilus Kioko, Nancy Kadenyi & Luwieke Bosma Climate variability and change comes with its bowl of impacts, especially on … Continued
Post Card from Sponge Town KwaVonza KwaVonza residents in the driver seat by Luwieke Bosma, Nancy Kadenyi & Theophilus Kioko October … Continued
Yemen: poor sanitation infrastructure in times of war by Nada al Dahmashi :: August 09, 2019 It is well-known that … Continued
Spirulina: Opportunities for nutrition and livelihoods in Ethiopia by Jean Marc Pace Ricci July 23, 2019 Spirulina has been used … Continued
By Sharafaddin Saleh, Adel Zolail and Frank van Steenbergen July 16, 2019 Sad message from the Tihama, the coastal lowland … Continued
The Power of Peers: Community Certification by Frank van Steenbergen :: June 14, 2019 We have written earlier on the … Continued
Deforestation in Yemen’s Urban Areas – Sana’a University Campus as an example By Nada al-Dahmashi , Water and Environment Centre (WEC), … Continued
Man and ecology Postcard from Awezet, Farta (Amhara, Ethiopia) Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, Getachew Engdayehu, and Bantamlak Wondmnow June 05, … Continued
By a Glass of Water Posted by Frank van Steenbergen May 08, 2019 Remains of Queen of Sheba’s palace in … Continued
Vermiculture: Turkey’s new booming agro-business Posted by Sukru Esin April 16, 2019 A culture of dynamism and a entrepreneurship is … Continued
Small Blessings By Frank van Steenbergen, March 26, 2019 On 22 March 2019 at the Sumatrakade in Amsterdam a delicate … Continued
Safe house. Postcard from Boschplaat, Terschelling. By Frank van Steenbergen, March 19, 2019 The Safe house at Terschelling. (Credit … Continued