Ivory Towers
Ivory Towers Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Abraham Mehari Haile September 12, 2016 Are the Ivory Towers still there? … Continued
Reflections by IMPACT (Peter Lengurnet), Musul Community Land (Jackson Nkaiduri), and MetaMeta (Femke van Woesik, Esmee Mulder, Frank van Steenbergen) IMPACT Reversing the Flow program baseline video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ7OMG86Khg Baselines are part of many development endeavors. They document the zero situation and allow later revisiting to objectively see what change has occurred, if any. They are a good practice in development management. Yet beyond these basic good practices, we may ask some fundamental questions, like who is measuring what? Whose indicators matter? In fact, do indicators matter? Who shares what with whom and how? Also, can the baseline be more than an instrument for monitoring, and can it be an asset in locally-led development, too? Many development project baselines focus on measurable indicators such as household income, family wealth, green matter, soil health, water discharge, and more. The baselines are primarily used by implementing organizations and are externally defined. They are captured in writing and not much shared typically beyond the… Continued
Ivory Towers Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Abraham Mehari Haile September 12, 2016 Are the Ivory Towers still there? … Continued
Politics and Water Posted by Frank van Steenbergen September 12, 2016 We all like ‘democracy’, yet we dislike ‘politics’. It … Continued
Managing the Mega Irrigation Beast Posted by Abraham Mehari Haile, Eltigani Bashier and Frank van Steenbergen 2 September 2016 … Continued
Posted by Simon Chevalking and Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) 30 August 2016 With globally 1 billion ha of land affected … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) 15 August 2016 One of the many medieval villages in the Drome in France, … Continued
Posted by Sukru Esin (MetaMeta Anatolia) and Simon Chevalking (MetaMeta Research) July 20, 2016 Ever since the beginning of the … Continued
Like in other Kingdoms of the world, the Raya-valley farmers have their own rulers, the Kings of Spate. These … Continued
Posted by Taye Alemayehu July 11, 2016 After the El Niño effect that caused devastating wide-spread drought, La Niña is … Continued
Posted by Kassem Mourad July 27, 2016 Image Courtesy: MontyofEgypt – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5203022 It seems to … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen June 5, 2016 Postcard from Nimroz, Afghanistan. Here is the Lashkari channel, running over a length … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Kifle Woldearegay April 25, 2016 Haregu Gobezay, at her farm in Mayshwash village close … Continued
Posted by Brittany Anzel App March 16, 2016 Image Courtesy: Brittany Anzel App California is amidst it’s worst drought in … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen March 08, 2016 Months after an airstrike on the village Hajar Aukaish in April, villagers … Continued
Posted by Kebede Manjur Gebru, Frank van Steenbergen, and Eyasu Yazew Hagos February 29, 2016 There is so much wisdom that goes … Continued
Contribution from Lambert K Smedema, Arnhem, the Netherlands (lambertsmedema@hotmail.com)February, 2016 Salinization hazards of arid zone irrigation: a casual review … Continued
Posted by Karim NawazJanuary 25, 2016 Miss Bakhtawar Mallah is a 19 year old girl from the fishing community … Continued
Posted by Letty Fajardo and Frank van SteenbergenDecember 30, 2015 As the New Year starts it is good to reflect … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Manoranjan Mondal December 13, 2015 In the 1960’s and 1970’s a large part … Continued
Posted by Nardos MasreshaDecember 8, 2015 As women are a central strategy of the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC), the … Continued
Posted by Marta Agujetas Perez November 25, 2015 This year’s rainy season in Ethiopia made a very timid appearance in … Continued