Driving the water for peace agenda
Our message on the occasion of World Water Day 2024 – MetaMeta Water connects lives and livelihoods. It connects people … Continued
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No stings attached: bee biodiversity in the Amazon
by Pablo Fajardo and Frank van Steenbergen The biodiversity epicenter that is the Amazon is reflected in the almost endless number of species of bees. They play a major role in the cross pollination of the Amazon’s diversity of trees species, with several bee species uniquely specializing in specific trees. Most of the bees in the Amazon belong to families of stingless bees, such as Melipona, Trigona sp, Tetragonisca angustula. The latter are lovingly called angel bees – for all the goodness they bring. The honey of the angel bees is high in nourishment but also very high in anti-inflammatory properties, comparable to the famous Manuka honey from New Zealand that has many medical applications. The medicinal properties of all the different species of Amazon bees need to be further documented, but traditional knowledge has it that certain honeys are very effective for certain ailments, such as eye diseases and respiratory defects. The working is said to come from resin of… Continued
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Empowering Communities to Manage Urban Rodent Populations in Niamey
Authors: Lucía Moreno Spiegelberg, Karmadine Hima, Ibrahim Danzabarma Abdou-Aziz, Madougou Garba, Luwieke Bosma Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. … Continued
Autonomiser les communautés pour gérer les populations de rongeurs urbains à Niamey
Auteurs: Lucía Moreno Spiegelberg, Karmadine Hima, Ibrahim Danzabarma Abdou-Aziz, Madougou Garba, Luwieke Bosma Click here for the English version of … Continued
Revolutionizing Wastewater Management: Decentralized Systems for Sustainable Water Solutions
By Farah Kamaleddine and Sukru Esin While water resources, healthy soils and arable lands continue to degrade, population, industrialization and … Continued
Untapped Potential: Innovations in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Circular Water and Sanitation Systems in Ho Chi Minh City
By Long Hoang, Katarzyna Kujawa-Roeleveld, Sumit Vij, Indra Firmansyah, Kamonashish Haldar, Tran Thu Trang, Le Minh Truong Inspirations from flagship … Continued
Revolutionizing Ethiopian Agriculture: The Power of Homemade Liquid Biofertilizers
Author: Nardos Masresha Ethiopia’s agricultural sector has long been the backbone of its economy, providing livelihoods for most of its … Continued
Black Soldier Flies (Hermetia illuciens) as alternative feed for small-scale poultry
Authors: Dawit Kidane, Luwieke Bosma, Femke van Woesik In Ethiopia, small-scale poultry farmers grapple with scarcity and high-quality feed costs, … Continued
Enhancing rice field resilience: Pioneering Ecologically-Based Rodent Management in the Senegal River delta
Authors: Luwieke Bosma, Ibrahima Sow, Yonas Meheretu and Ambroise Dalecky In the Senegal River Valley, as well as in other … Continued
Revolving funds as catalysts for sustainable livelihoods – Experience from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Author: Girma Senbeta The implementation of the revolving fund scheme under the Green Future Farming (GFF) project in Middle Awash … Continued
How Gabion Dams reshaped life in Soke Bokicha Kebele, Ethiopia
Authors: Guta Eshata & Femke van Woesik In Soke Bokicha Kebele, Middle Awash, Ethiopia, the persistent absence of rainfall, even … Continued
Co-creating a vision for a nature-based future for Bangladesh
Author: Harm ten Napel (Wageningen University & Research) Students from all over the world are competing in the Nature-based Future … Continued
Revitalizing the Biskilo-Wererso Watershed in Ethiopia: A Participatory Planning Approach to Land Use Planning
By Redeat Daneil The Biskilo-Wererso Watershed in Oromia, Ethiopia, is not only a place of stunning natural beauty but also … Continued
Worms transforming waste to wealth – Pioneering vermicomposting in the Arsi Zone, Ethiopia
By Guta Eshatu Vermiculture (stemming from the Latin word ‘vermis’, meaning worms) uses earthworms to transform organic waste into high-quality … Continued
Reverse Osmosis Farming
Frank van Steenbergen, Emad Karablieh and Mohammed Ahamdan Postcard from Arda. Meet Hadi, growing tissue culture bananas in the Southern … Continued
Operation and Maintenance: Setting an agenda for the Water Sector in Bangladesh
Globally, a lack of operation and maintenance and the absence of asset management have been seen as major obstacles to … Continued
Moisture recycling as a key for successful regreening
By Jolanda Theeuwen We are currently in the UN decade on ecosystem restoration, which means ecosystem restoration is promoted to … Continued
On water allocation in large irrigation systems: the case of Egypt
By Ashraf Ghanem and Frank van Steenbergen Important to improved water management in large irrigation systems is how water is … Continued
How watermelon became a boon for the farmers of Torpa, India
By Arpan Mondal, Anushree Mitra This blog discusses something that might be very commonly available to us but has impacted … Continued
In-polder water management towards the future
Contributing authors: Prof. Mashfiqus Salehin (IWFM BUET), Prof. Anisul Haque (IWFM BUET), Associate Prof. Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhury (IWFM BUET), … Continued