Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Helping small farmers protect their land by William Critchley, VU University. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Failed soil conservation schemes, based on ‘command … Continued
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The World We Want: Governing & Managing Water Resources for Sustainable Development
posted by Joakim Harlin, UNDP February 11, 2013 The pressures on water resources that more and more countries are experiencing … Continued
Moon Water
posted by Frank van Steenbergen February 4, 2013 In the nineteenth century, as white farmers moved up north in what … Continued
Use of rock dust in bio- fertilizers.
posted by Ruben Borge January 28, 2013 The Usambara Cooperative Union (UCU) in Tanzania is proud of their fair trade … Continued
The Power of Dew
posted by Frank van Steenbergen January 21, 2013 Even as surface water is overcommitted and even new groundwater resources get … Continued
Managing Mega Irrigation
posted by Frank van Steenbergen January 15, 2013 It is the world’s largest irrigation system, also called ‘the Indus … Continued
Managing Mega Irrigation
by Frank van Steenbergen January 15, 2013 It is the world’s largest irrigation system, also called ‘the Indus Food Machine’- … Continued
The Origin of Measuring Time
posted by Frank van Steenbergen December 31, 2012 Several sociologists such as Johan Goudsbloem have chronicled the fascinating story of time – … Continued
Good Neighbours
posted by Frank van Steenbergen December 24, 2012 The coming year will be the International Year of Water Cooperation. While there … Continued
Mekong: A River, its people and Big Dams
posted by Michael Victor, CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (m.victor@cgiar.org) December 18, 2012 Dam building is a complicated … Continued
Seeding Clouds, Harvesting Rain: Beware of the Hype
posted December 16, 2012 In public imagination, cloud-seeding has only recently crossed over from the realm of science fiction to … Continued
How the British did it better
by Usman Qazi In a relentless pursuit of growth and development, the Pakistani state has ignored colonial-era strategies—that took natural risks, … Continued