Watershed Management and Job Opportunity: Experiences from Middle Awash
By Girma Senbeta In a watershed, everything is interconnected. The health of the soil and water supply directly impacts flora … Continued
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Portraits of Bangladesh, Satkhira community members (UTTARAN)
This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led adaptation, featuring insights and lessons from the Reversing the Flow (RtF) program. RtF empowers communities in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan to build climate resilience through direct funding and a community-driven, landscape approach. Meet these 4 individuals from UTTARANs LANDWATER project area. They present their challenges, their aspirations and what this RtF project means to them. These stories reflect the hardships experienced by the affected individuals and families. At the same time, UTTARAN takes pride in standing by them and providing much-needed assistance through the LANDWATER initiative. It is heartening to see the positive impact of our efforts, even in the face of such adversity, as we continue working towards sustainable solutions for these communities. Shona Van’s Struggle for Survival in Isolation and Adversity Landscape Name: Jugipota, Satkhira Sadar Shona Van, a 50-year-old widow, has spent the past 15 years navigating a life of relentless hardship and resilience. Her world was upended by… Continued
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A conversation with Meera Bai: A BRC business manager
by Meghna Mukherjee and Vinitika Lal Meet Meera Bai from Kutela Gram in Dindori District in Madhya Pradesh, India. Meera … Continued
Local Entrepreneurship in Kureili, Madhya Pradesh, India
By Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta) A local entrepreneur is an individual who starts a business in their local area. Entrepreneurs are important to … Continued
Women friendly agricultural hand tool to improve the quality of life of rural women farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkand, India
by Marina Vara Gutiérrez (Aidenvironment), Rubén Borges Robles (Rockinsoils), and Francesco Sambalino (MetaMeta) Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian … Continued
Iron Deficiency: Addressing Hidden Hunger through biofertilizers
By Rubén Borge (RockinSoils), Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Redeat Daneil (MetaMeta) & Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) Hidden Hunger, a global … Continued
Large scale composting units: A solution to upscale regenerative agriculture?
by Marina Vara Gutiérrez (Aidenvironment) and Rubén Borges Robles (Rockinsoils) India has been facing a problem of soil fertility for … Continued
Cold in Quetta
Talal Naseer and Frank van Steenbergen Quetta, the mountain capital of Balochistan (Pakistan), is known for its harsh winter season. … Continued
Coffee and recovery: psychosocial support in Gubalafto (Amhara)
By Nardos Masresha Introduction The North and northeastern part of Ethiopia was immersed in a violent conflict that started on … Continued
Rural Transportation in Ethiopia: Status Quo and Ways Forward
By Getanew Tesfaw In Ethiopia, there are roughly 1.2 million vehicles, meaning that in a group of a hundred people, … Continued
Homestead poultry keeping for a vibrant rural economy
by Getanew Tesfaw Livestock and poultry are essential to strengthen the rural economies as they are serving as supplemental income … Continued
Now available: Key Results and Recommendations of the FAO’s Agroecology Dialogue Series
The Agroecology Dialogue Series is an initiative of FAO and the Biovision Foundation in support of the Coalition for food systems transformation through Agroecology … Continued
Green Roads for Water (GR4W)- a first outlook in Madhya Pradesh, India
By Saroj Yakami (MetaMeta Research), Anurudh Kumar Shastri (PRADAN), Khusbu Bisen (PRADAN), Nitesh Kumar (PRADAN), Supriya Sharma (PRADAN), & Luwieke … Continued
Agroforestry in Amhara, Ethiopia
By Bantamlak Wondmnow Agroforestry is a new name for a set of long-standing practices. Farmers in Amhara have immense traditional … Continued
Sustainable landscape rehabilitation: The establishment of Watershed User’s Cooperatives
By Bantamlak Wondmnow & Femke van Woesik In Ethiopia there are many succesful stories of rehabilitated watersheds through large scale … Continued
Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 2). Shade but no grass.
By Ishani Sonak The rangeland in South of Kenya has been historically dominated by a wide variety of grass species. … Continued
Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 1). End of the tether: Four years of drought
By Ishani Sonak Postcard from Central Rift Valley, Kenya. This is what four years of utter drought look like. … Continued
Multipurpose plantation – making productive use of watershed rehabilitation in Amhara, Ethiopia
By Bantamlak Wondmnow In Amhara, yearly successful watershed rehabilitation campaigns are carried out through the government’s mass mobilization of local … Continued
Scaling through horizontal learning: Liquid Biofertilizer take up in Oromia, Ethiopia
By Guta Eshetu Horizontal learning is peer-to-peer learning. It is how farmers learn, share new information and good practices with … Continued
Our minds are with the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
On Monday February 6, a strong earthquake struck the southern and central regions in Turkey, and western Syria. The damage … Continued
Bio-resource centers as a tool to tackle the fertilizers crisis – The state of regenerative agriculture in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand
By Marina Vara Gutiérrez (Aidenvironment) and Rubén Borges Robles (Rockinsoils) India has … Continued