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Reforestation and community gardens in Ivory Coast (Willem Van Cotthem)

In 1993, the FIFTY ONE Service Clubs of Belgium and Ivory Coast decided to sponsor one of the projects of the Botany Department of the University of Ghent (Belgium) : “Reforestation and community...

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I’m Dancing and Singing in the Drought (Willem Van Cotthem)

You probably know I’m not the actor Gene KELLY, that’s why I’m not dancing and singing in the rain, but in the drought. The reason for my optimistic mood today is quite simple :  there are so many...

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Bottom-up view on effective, long-term solutions to combat desertification,...

Reading every day a number of publications on drought, desertification, hunger, malnutrition, famine, poverty and conflicts, I noticed that more and more voices are raised about the urgent need for a...

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Urban agriculture and community gardening bring food, jobs and money to local...

Read at : Google Alert – vertical gardening http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/making-a-case-for-the-urban-garden Making a case for the urban garden In addition to providing...

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A new garden on the UA campus for the community to grow fresh produce (Google...

Read at : Google Alert – desert gardening http://www.kold.com/story/15879761/ua-has-a-green-thumb UA has a green thumb By David Gonzalez TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) – The University of Arizona is planting the...

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Urban Agriculture in the Bronx, New York City (City Farmer News / NCBI)

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/11/18/community-gardens-an-exploration-of-urban-agriculture-in-the-bronx-new-york-city/ Community Gardens: An Exploration of Urban Agriculture in the Bronx,...

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What comes first: Strategies for combating climate change or for creating...

Let me recommend to read very attentively the former posting on this blog : UNICEF: Children most vulnerable to climate change...

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Joining private gardens into giant allotments (City Farmer News / The Oxford...

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/12/19/plan-to-pool-gardens-to-create-giant-city-allotment-in-oxford/ Plan to pool gardens to create giant city allotment in Oxford Linked by Michael Levenston...

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Community Gardening (City Farmer News / Journal of Community Health)

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/12/26/impact-of-a-community-gardening-project-on-vegetable-intake-food-security-and-family-relationships-a-community-based-participatory-research-study/ Impact...

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We are all small farmers (IRIN News / UN News / Willem Van Cotthem) )

Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95080/GLOBAL-Joined-up-thinking-on-water-energy-and-food Joined-up thinking on water, energy and food and...

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1000 sustainable gardens for Africa (Tomorrow is Greener / Slow Food / Terra...

Read at : http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/1000-sustainable-gardens-for-africa/ Posted by Greener Tomorrow Slow Food is helping schools, villages and communities in Africa grow fruits, vegetables and...

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A simple question about hunger, a difficult answer (Willem Van Cotthem)

Today, all over the developed world, important parts of the population are combating the economic crisis and in particular the food crisis by switching to production of fresh food. Produced at home,...

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Are you looking for nutrition-smart food systems ? (Willem Van Cotthem)

What are the nutrition-smart food systems we are looking for ? By Dr. Willem Van Cotthem (University of Ghent, Belgium) Today, I have been reading with great interest the article on “Why Our Food...

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In Burkina Faso they love the zaïs

http://kaabnoogo.blogspot.be/, Burkina Faso Beating back the desert in Burkina Faso, field by field by Romaric Ollo Hien EXCERPT In Burkina Faso, what was once stony semi-wasteland is now covered in...

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First help the local people to decent food

Photo credit: WVC 1997 Photo taken at the start of the community garden photographed 12 years later by Willemien (see photo of 2009-02 in Niou). At the first training session, the local women learn how...

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25,000 die each day

Photo credit: Community garden in Niou (Prov. Kourweogo, Burkina Faso) in 2009 – Project Committee Maastricht-Niou and TC-Dialogue Foundation (Belgium) started in 1988. – Soil conditioned with TC –...

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Back in 2009: If they do it in Washington, D.C. and Sulphur, LA, why don’t we...

  In September 2009 I wrote: https://containergardening.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/washington-d-c-students-plant-vegetable-garden-on-h-street-google-gw-hachet/ by Prof. Dr. Willem Van Cotthem (Ghent...

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Just a reminder: The role of urban gardens, family gardens and school gardens.

  My publication in January 2010: https://containergardening.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/the-role-of-urban-gardens-family-gardens-and-school-gardens-willem-van-cotthem-irin-fao/ by Prof. Dr. Willem Van...

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Mel, the expert on Square Foot Gardening (Google Alert / Deseret Morning News)

Read at : Google Alert for gardening Deseret Morning News http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695200499,00.html Expert to teach small-space gardening He’ll talk on basics, preparing soil and seasonal...

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Your seeds for small family gardens in desertified areas (Willem)

Your seeds in garbage bins or in family gardens ? In August 2007 I developed a new website in the Dutch language (<www.zadenvoorleven.wordpress.com>) to invite Dutch speaking people not to throw...

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