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Sustainable Agriculture
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November 05, 2018
Sustainable agriculture is possible
topic:
Sustainable Agriculture
by:
Frank Odenthal
No secret: it really is the eleventh hour. We can rescue agriculture and the environment. We just need to seize the opportunities, says Hans R. Herren
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July 26, 2017
Milpa, when corn wasn't golden yet
topic:
Indigenous people
by:
Natalie Shafrir
Milpa, is the centuries old agriculture system in Mexico. Unfortunately it’s almost unknown - have you heard about it?
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February 08, 2017
An Inca’s trick against the impact of climate change
topic:
Innovation
by:
Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Inhabitants are dealing with a water shortage in the Andes. To solve this problem, some Peruvian villages used an ancient technique: the ‘water sowing."
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January 11, 2017
Sustainable agriculture in the desert
topic:
Sustainable Agriculture
by:
Frank Odenthal
Organic farming has arrived in Saudi Arabia but can it stop the dramatic decline in water reserves on the Arabian peninsula?
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April 20, 2016
Fair trade to preserve a prehispanic farming technique
topic:
Sustainable Agriculture
by:
Pablo Pérez Álvarez
A small company is helping the prehispanic survivors inhabitants on a group of artificial islands in Mexico to maintain their declining farming activity.
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February 03, 2016
How composting can make a difference
topic:
Pollution
by:
Debra Atlas
The world's soil has lost up to 80 percent of its carbon due to our toxic habits and practices but Robert Reed from Recology may have a solution.
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October 10, 2015
Kenyan prisoners fight with super crop
topic:
Food Security
by:
Bob Koigi
Kenyan prisoners fight agricultural woes with super crop.
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August 01, 2015
Banana stalk hair extension
topic:
Economic Opportunity
by:
Bob Koigi
A start up company in Kenya is making human hair extensions from banana stalks, sating growing local demand.
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July 07, 2015
African farmers triumph over pests
topic:
Food Security
by:
Bob Koigi
Kenya loses up to 40% of its farm produce during post-harvest mostly through poor storage and pest attacks, costing the country over $500 million annually.
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July 05, 2015
The value of a child
topic:
Poverty
by:
Shuriah Niazi
Amidst a spiraling crisis of farmer suicide, authorities in central India have received reports of farmers selling their children into forced labour.
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April 07, 2015
Value addition births millionaire farmers in Kenya
topic:
Sustainable Agriculture
by:
Bob Koigi
Kenyan farmers have found a lifeline in adding value to their harvested produce, stepping up in sustainable agriculture and ensuring food security.
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March 16, 2015
Fighting aflatoxins an orphan at a time
topic:
Food Security
by:
Bob Koigi
Youth in Kenya is trying to reverse the devastating effects of Fungi Aspergillus that claimed their parents’ lives after aflatoxin poisining through maize.
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