Fluoridation vs. fluorosis: two faces of the same medal
Posted by Sara DatturiJune 30, 2014 Fluorine (F2 of F) is the element # 9 in the Periodic Table. Due … Continued
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Reflecting on Four Transformative Years: The Green Future Farming Program in Ethiopia
Girma Senbeta (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Getachew Engdayehu (Amhara Bureau of Agriculture), Nardos Masresha (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Guta Eshata Gemmechu (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Bantamlak Wondmnow (Amhara Bureau of Agriculture), Redeat Daniel (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Getanew Tesfaw (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Tena Gobena (Oromia Bureau of Agriculture), Mitiku Bajiga (Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture), Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta), and Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta) Imagine a large tanker sailing across the ocean. If you alter the ship's course by just one degree at the beginning of the journey, the final destination can differ by hundreds of kilometres. In other words, over time, a small change can make a huge difference. This was the intention of the Green Future Farming (GFF) program: a small engine propelling a vast vessel onto a new course. Ethiopian governance has a large and strong agricultural department with a far-reaching extension system, which is a key policy instrument for necessary changes. Over the past four years, GFF has worked together with the Bureaus of Agriculture in… Continued
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Fluoride: The Underground Scourge
The origin of Fluoride in groundwater is mostly natural. A certain amount of Fluoride in the water (0.5 mg/L … Continued
DIY Fertilizer: The Faba Bean Story
Posted by Ruben BorgeJune 02, 2014 In Rema village in Ethiopia, Abere has tried to cultivate faba beans using biofertilizers. … Continued
One Bridge, Multiple Functions
Posted by Rossella Alba May 22, 2014 In Megab, a rather small village in the semi-arid Tigray region in northern … Continued
Substituting Groundwater with Surface Water: Zibo-Weifang, China
Posted by Frank van SteenbergenMay 19, 2014 The coastal Zibo-Weifang aquifer system in Shandong Province (near the Laizhou Bay of … Continued
Greenhouse Innovations in Spain
Posted by Marta AgujetasMay 13, 2014 Almería is located in the region of Andalucia in south-eastern Spain. It has an … Continued
The Dune Water Machine
Posted by Frank van SteenbergenMay 06, 2014 As cities grow the challenges of finding safe water grow with them. And … Continued
Prime time farming in Turkey
Posted by Sukru Esin March 04, 2014 Turkish soaps are extremely popular from Morocco to Pakistan. Broadcast of a … Continued
The War between Sand and Water
Posted by Matthijs Kool and Frank van Steenbergen February 03, 2014 Here is what a river looks like stripped to … Continued
Roads for food
Posted by Diego Garcia Landarte, Martin van Beusekom and Ruben Borge January 09, 2014 Receiving two meters of good quality … Continued
From heaven to earth, via the rooftop: young solutions to closing the water cycle in Old Sana’a
Posted by Martin van Beusekom and Cecilia Borgia December 20, 2013 Meandering through the narrow streets of Sana’a Al Kadima … Continued
The sand dam debate
Posted by Abraham Abhishek February 10, 2014 Subsurface dams are groundwater dams. They intercept the natural flow of groundwater … Continued
The Big Cleanup
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, Bakshlal Lashari and Sukru Esin January 15, 2013 It may be one of the word’s … Continued
Goodbye Agriculture?
Posted by Adel al Weshali and Frank van Steenbergen January 15, 2013 It is a phenomenon that has been around … Continued
Thinning Glaciers
Posted by Karim Nawaz and Frank van Steenbergen December 10, 2013 GLACIAL MELT: A POSTCARD FROM CHITRAL, PAKISTAN This is … Continued
The Voices of Water
Posted by Francisco Martin, Islamic Culture Foundation December 02, 2013 A still from the movie Las Voces del Agua (Spanish) … Continued
Video Volunteers
Water and Sanitation, Politics and Power Walking several kilometres to the nearest toilet; dodging snakes, elephants and sexual … Continued
The Inverted Himalayas
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Alan Macdonald November 19, 2013 It must be the world’s greatest single groundwater system, … Continued
Urban Kidneys
Posted by Raktima Mukherjee and Frank van Steenbergen November 11, 2013 Dark putrid water enters, and fresh water emerges. The … Continued
How Serious Gaming? Addive Value to Water Management
How Serious Gaming? Adding value to water management Symposium organised by UNESCO-IHE, Delft The Netherlands. November 8, 2013 Serious games … Continued