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Държава-членка на света за 2011 г. е на разположение сега! Кликнете тук Апр 25 Подхранващ планетата земеделието , земеделските стопани , Подхранващ на планетата ,- Подхранващ на Планета ТВ , Вода В епизода тази седмица, Подхранващ на Planet обсъжда на по-добро Памук инициатива на една международна асоциация членство направени до памучни търговци на дребно, производители, и с нестопанска цел групи с които се работи в Пакистан, Индия, Бразилия, Западна и Централна Африка (Бенин, Сенегал, Мали, Буркина Фасо) за насърчаване на устойчивото отглеждане на памук, че е по-малко вреден за здравето на селскостопанските производители и околната среда. Видео: http://youtu.be/TnVt_Y6Ysdg За да прочетете повече ... 26 май Подхранващ планетата Африка , земеделието , Буркина Фасо , на икономиката , фермерите , Индия , иновации , иновации на седмицата , подхранващ планетата , органичен , Сенегал С Janeen Мадан Деветдесет процента от памук в света се отглежда от фермерите в развиващите се страни - те продават памук, за да местните предачите и памукопреработвателите, които доставят големи международни купувачи, като Hanes, Виктория Secret, и Nike. Но отглеждането на памук може да има тежки рискове за здравето на тези, които го отглеждат и околната среда. Неефективни техники за напояване правят ...
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State of the World 2011 is available now! Click here Category: Burkina Faso May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Burkina Faso, Culture, Development, Economy, Farmers, Poverty, Seeds, Soil, Sustainable, Technology By Leah Baines Throughout the world, agriculture from small farmers provides food for 70 percent of the population, while industrial agriculture only supplies 30 percent. But, ironically, most of the 2.8 million people living in poverty around the world are farmers. The documentary “The Last Farmer” highlights how small-scale farmers are suffering from poverty as a ... Dec Nourishing the Planet Africa, Biodiversity, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Seeds In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet intern Julia Eder discusses the Kew Millennium Seed Bank, which is collecting seeds from endangered plant species to conserve plant diversity and to find crops that are resistant to global threats such as climate change and water scarcity. Video: http://youtu.be/KDgwa5Yn-zw To read more about the Kew Millennium Seed Bank, see: Innovation ... Dec Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, agroforestry, Biodiversity, Burkina Faso, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Farmers, Ghana, Hunger, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Mali, Seeds, Sudan, Trees, Uganda By Kim Kido Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa, nilotica) is one of few trees that can withstand the harsh, semi-arid climate of the Sudan and Guinean savannas and the Sahel. Hardy, drought-resistant, and with fireproof bark, the uses of the shea tree are numerous and ancient, dating back to the 1300s. Tools and coffins are made out of the ... Aug Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Burkina Faso, Conservation, Environment, Innovation of the Week, Innovations that Nourish the Planet, Kenya, Seeds By Janeen Madan According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a quarter of the world’s known plant species—some 60,000 to 100,000 species—are threatened with extinction. And even though plants may not receive as much attention as endangered animals, like polar bears or tigers, they’re extremely important. Plants are a vital source of food, they can help stabilize the ... Jun Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Farmers, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables By Matt Styslinger Tree grapes (Lannea microcarpa) are actually in the same family as mangoes, cashews, and pistachios, but they look and taste more like grapes. And although they do not grow on vines, tree grapes hang from trees in grape-like bunches. The African tree grape, although more like a plum in structure, looks and ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, agroforestry, Burkina Faso, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Mali, Niger, Senegal By Kim Kido From food to fragrance, virtually no part of the sweet detar tree (Detarium microcarpum) goes unused. A study of the Mare aux Hippopotames Biosphere Reserve in western Burkina Faso identified the tree as one of six multi-use species “most appreciated by people” and thus “most important”. Two varieties of the species exist. May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Economy, Farmers, India, Innovation, Innovation of the Week, Nourishing the Planet, organic, Senegal By Janeen Madan Ninety percent of the world’s cotton is grown by farmers in developing countries – they sell their cotton to local spinners and ginners that supply large international buyers, such as Hanes, Victoria’s Secret, and Nike. But, cotton cultivation can have severe health risks for those who grow it—and the environment. Inefficient irrigation techniques make ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Drought, Erosion, Farmers, Niger, Nourishing the Planet, Soil By Molly Theobald This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation! Throughout the Sahel, recurrent drought, deforestation, and over-farming, is turning once lush farm land into desert. And when the sand starts spreading, it can ... Nov Nourishing the Planet Burkina Faso, Innovation, Nigeria, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet in the News, Uncategorized Another busy week for Nourishing the Planet as we prepare to head to Nigeria for a few weeks to visit with farmers, scientists, reporters and research organizations to evaluate their work on the ground in biodiversity conservation and crop variety development. This week we saw the first two parts of a series on the Africa Sustainable ... Nov Danielle Nierenberg Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Development, Education, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Hunger, Income Interview by Abby Massey Salibo Some is the Director of the Africa Sustainable Development Council (ASUDEC) in Burkina Faso. This interview is the second post in a series about Salibo and his work with ASUDEC. To read the first part of this series, see Transitioning from Subsistence to Entrepreneurship. What are the main obstacles ... Nov Danielle Nierenberg Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Funding, Income, Investment Each week we run your responses to the question: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? During a meeting with Marceline Ouedraogo, the founder and president of Burkina Faso’s rural women’s association, Songtaab-Yalgré, Wolrdwatch Institute Senior Researcher and Nourishing the Planet co-Project Director Danielle Nierenberg asked where the women would like to see ... Nov Danielle Nierenberg Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Food, Hunger, Income, Processing, Women Farmers groups, unions and women’s cooperatives are a powerful force in Africa. It’s difficult to estimate how many of these groups exist, but there are millions of farmers across the continent who have come together to grow and sell food or work on gaining better access to markets or ways to develop agro-tourism or conservation ... Oct Danielle Nierenberg Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Economy, Education, Environment, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Sanitation, sub-Saharan Africa, Water, Women Another week of busy learning and travel for Nourishing the Planet, after the excitement of Slow Food International’s Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto where we witnessed the coming together of food stewards from around the world. In this week’s innovation the Village Volunteers is helping farmers and local communities to fight back against an invasive ... Oct Danielle Nierenberg Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Compost, Development, Education, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Fertilizer, Food, Food safety, Food Security, Funding, Health, Herbicide, Hunger, Income, Investment, Markets, Nourishing the Planet, organic, Uncategorized What do Victoria’s Secret and Monsanto have in common? They’re both interested in growing cotton in Burkina Faso. Victoria’s Secret is interested in organic cotton, grown by women farmers working with Helvetas—a Swiss NGO– in rural communities outside of Ougagoudou. Monsanto, on the other hand, is focused on growing Bt cotton—cotton that has been genetically engineered ...