Floods are about rain, floods are also about drainage
by Mohammed Chandio Floods triggered by unusually heavy rain – more than 5 times average – have inundated Sindh Province … Continued
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 Jean Marc Pace, 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… Continued
by Mohammed Chandio Floods triggered by unusually heavy rain – more than 5 times average – have inundated Sindh Province … Continued
Blog by Khurram Mubeen1, edited by Reinier Veldman2 1Assistant Professor (Agronomy), Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan-Pakistan 2Coordinator FBLN … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen The incessant and extraordinary rains in Pakistan’s western mountain catchment have created havoc in one-third of … Continued
Drought and dry season grazing management strategies of Maasai herders By Esmee Mulder, MetaMeta The key to rangeland sustainability? Collaborate … Continued
Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Pakistan, a land of multiple geographies and cultural mosaic after a decade (12 years) … Continued
By Tadesse Tilahun, Getachew Engdayehu, Bantamlak Wondmnow, and Luwieke Bosma This is the third in a series of blog posts describing the development and implementation … Continued
By Tadesse Tilahun, Getachew Engdayehu, Bantamlak Wondmnow, and Luwieke Bosma This is the second in a series of blog posts describing the development and implementation … Continued
By Tadesse Tilahun, Getachew Engdayehu, Bantamlak Wondmnow, and Luwieke Bosma This is the first in a series of blog posts describing the development and implementation … Continued
by Guta Eshetu Gemechu, Girma Senbeta, Jean Marc Pace Ricci Seed is life. Seed is the starter for agricultural development. There … Continued
by Beruk Yemane (EthioFeed) and Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) It is a major scourge, a destabilizer of pastoralist lives: the … Continued
by Getachew Engdayehu, Frank van Steenbergen and Girma Senbeta The Ethiopian synthetic fertilizer system has been under much pressure with … Continued
by Frank van Steenbergen In many coastal areas access to fresh water is a huge challenge. Groundwater maybe saline or … Continued
by Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from Krabbendijke, the Netherlands. Beautiful flower strips adorn onion and potato fields. It is beauty … Continued
The iconic Nile river flows through several countries who often stake competing claims to its waters. The key to resolving … Continued
by Frank van Steenbergen and Femke van Woezik In a landscape hedges make all the difference. This is the point … Continued
By Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Jackie Kemboi (Justdiggit), and Samwel Jakinda (Justdiggit). The monitoring setup was developed and implemented by … Continued
by Kbd Serder M Ferdous and Frank van Steenbergen Water management is essential to avoid crop stress and hence ensure … Continued
In Assam, located in the northeast of India, one biologist named Dr. Purnima Barman Devi is putting together an army … Continued
By C.M. Wijayaratna, Abraham Abhishek, Meghna Mukherjee It would be fair to say that there is broad consensus at this … Continued
by Nardos Mesresha, Yoseph Cherinet, Jean Marc Pace, Girma Senbeta Conflict in Northern Ethiopia The war that erupted in Northern … Continued