Food Miles
Food Miles Posted by Mekdelawit Messay Deribe December 18,2017 Food Miles. Does it ring any bells? If yes, great! If … 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
Food Miles Posted by Mekdelawit Messay Deribe December 18,2017 Food Miles. Does it ring any bells? If yes, great! If … Continued
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals(EDCs) Posted by Mekdelawit Messay Deribe December 11,2017 More than 25 years ago, a group of school kids … Continued
Turkana: From Desolation to Hope by Recognizing the Potential of Floods Posted by Elly Yaluk and Loes van der Pluijm … Continued
Glaciers in Tajikistan: Pulling the Climate Change Trigger Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Jonathan Demenge November 13, 2017 With … Continued
The Badakhshan Landslide By Frank van Steenbergen and Marta Agujetas Perez November 7, 2017 We are in Badakhshan. This is … Continued
A Lecture on Water, by Professor Nature By Blessings Jeranji September 29, 2017 Water has obvious beneficial effects for the … Continued
by Cecilia Borgia October 03, 2017 This story is about the ingenuity of women and men farmers in Lanzarote island … Continued
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‘Bajajs’: Filling the Mobility Gap in Rural Ethiopia Posted by Abraham Abhishek, Cecilia Borgia, and Kebede Manjur July 17, 2017 … Continued
Postcard from Marracuene, Mozambique Posted by Frank van Steenbergen June 30, 2017 A civilization is measured by its care and … Continued
Rice growing in the water Blogpost by: Palal Moet Moet Do you know how to sow rice in deep water? … Continued
Lake Malawi: The Vanishing Blessing Blogpost by: Blessings Jeranji Shores of lake Malawi, everyday business Malawi as a country has … Continued
Gash – The Traveler Blogpost by Ahmed A. Bagi Alamin She starts her journey in Asmara City, and she always … Continued
Creating opportunity out of a problem: the hidden cotton plant Blogpost by Celestine Kilongosi Calotropis procera tree is one among … Continued
Starving the Tihama: Impact of War on Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen Posted by Adel Zolail and Frank van Steenbergen … Continued
The Wider Road to Inclusive Growth Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, Crelis Rammelt, Kebede Manjur and Letty Fajardo Vera May … Continued
Resolving the Drought Puzzle in Northern Kenya Posted by Elly Arukulem Yaluk April 28, 2017 Drought haunts pastoral livelihoods in Masol, … Continued
Postcard from Harla: erosion, the full brunt Posted by Lakew Desta and Frank van Steenbergen April 26, 2017 Here is … Continued
The Maize Trap “Maize is not food – food is maize” Posted by Luwieke Bosma, Theophilus Kioko, and Michaeel Nzuki … Continued
Watershed improvement: The upstream – downstream question Frank van Steenbergen, Tesfa-alem Gebreegziabher Embaye and Eyasu Hagos April 14, 2017 If … Continued