Initiatives
40 Initiatives
Namibia 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
Degradation of rangelands in drylands is occurring at an alarming rate worldwide both in developed and developing countries. Conventional rangeland management assumes overstocking to be the main cause of degradation and thus frequently recommends reducing stock numbers to fixed stocking rates as the primary management intervention. However, …
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EMGSouth Africa 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
Identification, demonstration and adoption of appropriate eco-technologies to ensure sustainable resource management in Kwazulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces
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GRETMadagascar 15.10.2015
Category: soil and water conservation – En 2002, avec le concours du Projet igname de la Faculté des sciences du l’Université d’Antananarivo sous le financement du FADES, un inventaire des espèces d’igname à été fait dans la région. Des essais de culture ont été fait à partir de l’année 2004 dans différentes localités dont les caractéristiques…
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EMGSouth Africa 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
Poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, are huge problems in many parts of rural South Africa. However, six women from villages in Mpumalanga Province have come together with the help of a successful woman mentor farmer, to empower themselves, their families and their communities, by establishing an egg production cooperative. Eggs are produ…
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GRETMadagascar 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
L’expérience du projet GRET FASARA
Category: soil and water conservation Le semis direct sous couverture végétal dans la région Androy (in pdf-format)
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ENDA - TMSenegal 15.10.2015
Land degradation: Water degradation by agrochemicals, vegetation degradation by deforestation Initiative by: ENDA PRONAT Initiative supported by: ENDA Senegal Revised Short Version: Fine-Tuning Farming Techniques through Farmer Schools – Peasant Farming Schools in Senegal (in pdf-format – 090914
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EMGSouth Africa 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
In the semi-arid west of South Africa, an area of enormous biological diversity, previously disenfranchised small scale farmers have pooled their resources and long-held indigenous knowledge, establishing a successful farmers’ cooperative that exports fair trade and organic certified rooibos tea to niche ma…
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Both ENDSNiger 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
A recent study on long-term trends in agriculture and environment in Niger, which was done by the Centre for International Cooperation of the VU University of Amsterdam, uncovered the fact that farmers in the densely populated regions of Niger had protected and managed regeneration of trees on their far…
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PROBIOMABolivia 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: arid (high altitude)
Category: ecological restoration – The Southern Altiplano of Bolivia is one of the world’s harshest environments. Situated at over 3.500 metres above sea level, with a cold a dry climate, it is one of Bolivia’s desertification hotspots, with high levels of land degradation and poverty. At the same time, the region has a rich biodiversity, and…
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GRETMadagascar 15.10.2015
Ecosystem: semi arid
Summary Category: sustainable agriculture – The South of Madagascar is a semi-arid zone submitted to a dry and hot wind. The practice of agriculture there…
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