Alice Muller
The ‘unlikely hero’ that transforms lands and livelihoods in Uganda
Poor soils make people poor. The people living in the area that borders Lake Victoria in Uganda know this for a fact: They have seen maize yields on their small plots of land dwindle, as they can often not afford the fertilizer the nitrogen-hungry crop requires to grow strong. Income and nutrition levels drop. The […] Continue Reading
Where the wild vegetables are: Moroccan food from the forest
Winter has arrived in Morocco. From December to March, there is a lot of rain (more than the rest of the year) – and widespread availability of wild vegetables. Although wild foods, especially wild vegetables, have held an important place in Moroccan culinary practice for generations, up until recently, they have been largely overlooked by […] Continue Reading
Badal unfolds blue print for agricultural diversification in State
Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today reiterated his government’s firm commitment to put the state on fast track of Agriculture diversification in order to achieve twin objective of restoring soil’s fertility and checking the depletion of water table on one hand and strengthening the agrarian economy on the other. Winding up the intensive […] Continue Reading
Opinion: Eco-efficient Crop and Livestock Production for Nicaraguan Farmers
For Roberto Pineda, a smallholder farmer in the Somotillo municipality of Nicaragua, his traditional practice after each harvest was to cut down and burn all crop residues on his land, a practice known as “slash-and-burn” agriculture. A widespread practice on these sub-humid hillsides of Central America, it was nonetheless causing many negative environmental implications, including […] Continue Reading
A miracle tree combats malnutrition in Africa
The National Postcode Lottery in the Netherlands, a lottery program that donates 50 percent of its proceeds to charities, announced yesterday a nearly €1.3 million three-year grant to The Hunger Project, to scale up its successful Moringa nutrition program in Benin to Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi. Moringa is a tropical tree whose leaves are packed […] Continue Reading
Farmers at centre of environment conservation
Burundi may be the smallest among the five countries in the East African Community (EAC), but stands out as the giant in environmental conservation and management. Farmers have been mobilised and taught about soil erosion control measures. Particularly, growing trees on hills and slopes. Large tracts of land in this largely hilly country have been […] Continue Reading