Moon Water
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen February 4, 2013 In the nineteenth century, as white farmers moved up north in what … Continued
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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 Food … Continued
Managing Mega Irrigation Systems
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 … 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 and … 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 … Continued
Controlling the micro-environment
Posted by Frank van SteenbergenDecember 13, 2012 Whereas pressurized irrigation systems- such as drip and sprinklers- are widely promoted to … Continued
A Shuimu, or How A River Came About
Posted by Frank van SteenbergenDecember 03, 2012 In the Jinci temple near Taiyuan (China), amid an amazing variety of historical … Continued