On Local Circular Growth: the Enormous Paradox
By Frank van Steenbergen May 26, 2020 Image: Old Road Side Inn by Edward Charles Williams 1807-1881 First, a story with … Continued
By Rahma Brini, Abdelhamid Mnajja, Mourad Ben Amor, Nabil Rehaiem, and Yosri Gafsaoui Climate change and watershed degradation are taking their toll in the water system in Tunisia. Here is the story of the Nehbana Dam system, one of the most important hydraulic systems in Tunisia, and one that has been excessively studied. Initially, the public irrigated perimeters (PIP’s) irrigated from the Nebhana dam system numbered eleven, but over the years the system was stretched further and the number of PIP’s became 32 with the dam capacity increasing to deliver 30 Mm3. As it stands now the system provides water for 7000 hectares of irrigated perimeters in Kairouan, Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia Governorates and as well as supply drinking water to the coastal region. Water supply for the irrigated perimeters has fluctuated year to year, but in the last five years there has been a dramatic declining… Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen May 26, 2020 Image: Old Road Side Inn by Edward Charles Williams 1807-1881 First, a story with … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen and Letty Fajardo Vera May 22, 2020 Irrigation should bring wealth, not poverty. But in Turkmenistan … Continued
By Frank and Roelien van Steenbergen May 19, 2020 Postcard from Noord Brabant, the Netherlands: Coming back on a dry … Continued
Eden Toxic Postcard from Koga, Amhara, Ethiopia by Frank van Steenbergen April 23, 2020 Postcard from Koga – in Amhara … Continued
Symbiosis: Pastoralists and Farmers in Balochistan by Allah Bakhsh and Frank van Steenbergen April 21, 2020 There is a narrative … Continued
Lockdowns in rural Pakistan – what to do By Karim Nawaz April 20, 2020 Many parts of Pakistan are in … Continued
Postcard from the Beja, Akla Almahata, Eastern Sudan: Health, Water, Education, Work by Ahmed Adalbagi and Ali M.A. Elhaj March … 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