
The Fringe Benefits of Food Aid
posted by Abraham Abhishek June 20, 2012 Food aid is crucial for countries still working their way up the poverty … Continued
by Leon Casse November 16, 2020 Over the past years Justdiggit has carried outs multiple interventions in southern Kenya in order to re-green the area and to reduce erosion. This is mainly done by reducing the overland flow of water through improving the infiltration by, among other methods, digging rainwater harvesting bunds (see picture below). These bunds store water and let it infiltrate, preventing it from flowing away. This has resulted in less erosion, an increase in vegetation cover, and a reduction in local temperatures. However, there may be another process that can be influenced; namely the local carbon cycle and with that the potential for (soil) carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration is defined as atmospheric carbon that is taken up and stored by vegetation or the soil, and is therefore no longer re-emitted back into the atmosphere. Semi-arid grasslands systems such as in southern Kenya usually store relatively little carbon and most of this carbon is stored in the soil… Continued
posted by Abraham Abhishek June 20, 2012 Food aid is crucial for countries still working their way up the poverty … Continued
posted by Abraham Abhishek June 10, 2012 This shallow well in Woukro, Ethiopia seems to be shaped like the African … Continued
COP 17 is quietly underway in Durban, South Africa. Compared to previous rounds of global climate negotiations, there has been … Continued
posted by Lenneke Knoop May 25, 2012 This stone is used by the community in Witu, Kenya to clean their … Continued
Water-wise, Yemen is most commonly identified with scarce resources and arid landscapes. Less known are its longstanding, users-led groundwater management … Continued
Groundwater depletion has been a major cause of concern worldwide, most recently as a contributor to rising sea levels. According … Continued
Even as you read this, more than 12 million people struggle to cope with the worst effects of the famine … Continued
Imagine one big foreign company owning half the arable land in a country. This almost happened a couple of years … Continued
The 1977 UN Conference on Water, Mar del Plata, launched the era of collective action to address water-related issues. 33 … Continued