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Agriculture, Farmers, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Water
In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet discusses the Better Cotton Initiative—an international membership association made up of cotton retailers, producers, and non-profit groups—that is working in Pakistan, India, Brazil, and West and Central Africa (Benin, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso) to promote sustainable cotton cultivation that is less damaging to the health of farmers and the environment.
Video: http://youtu.be/TnVt_Y6Ysdg
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Apr 04
Agriculture, Conservation, Education, Farmers, Nourishing the Planet TV, Technology, Water, Zambia
In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet discusses how the Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) is working to teach farmers in Zambia low-cost and sustainable agricultural practices. KATC offers a variety of short courses, lasting from three days to two weeks, which allow participants to gain experience in agroforestry, conservation tillage, and organic pest management.
Video: http://youtu.be/bnigw5UGMF0
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Mar 21
Farmers, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Soil
In this week’s episode, we discuss a program helping farmers in Tanzania work together to earn a sustainable living, while healing the land. CARE International’s Equitable Payment for Watershed Management (EPWM) program encourages, and works closely with, smallholder farmers to use intercropping and terraces to help restore—and hold in place—the soil.
Video: http://youtu.be/wGyTtJeuxkA
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Jan 25
Africa, Agriculture, Climate Change, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Energy, Farmers, Fertilizer, Fuel, Income, Livestock, Nourishing the Planet TV, Soil
In this week’s episode, we discuss how incorporating an Integrated Food and Energy System (IFES) can give rural and impoverished communities better access to food and reliable energy. Farmers can incorporate IFES in two ways–by using intercropping methods and growing food and fuel-generating crops, such as acacia trees, or by integrating livestock onto their farms ...
Jan 18
Africa, Agriculture, Cooperatives, Development, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Innovation, Kenya, Livestock, Mozambique, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, State of the World 2011, Sustainable, Water
In this week’s episode, we discuss how Land O’Lakes’ International Development program is tackling poverty through educational programs focused on dairy and livestock production and cooperative initiatives.
Video: http://youtu.be/EO_Z1mNLtrE
To read about Land O’Lakes’ International Development program, see: Innovation of the Week: Lasting Skills for Sustainable Change.
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Jan 04
Food, Food Security, Hunger, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Storage, Waste
In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet discusses how Compatible Technology International (CTI) is providing rural farmers with technologies—such as cool storage sheds and food processing grinders—to better help them harvest, store, and sell their crops.
Video: http://youtu.be/2a5de7BnBYU
To read about CTI’s work, see: Innovation of the Week: Empowering Impoverished Communities with Compatible Technologies.
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Dec 21
Climate Change, Fertilizer, Fish, Food, Hunger, Innovation, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, State of the World 2011, Water
In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet discusses farming seaweed, an environmentally friendly crop that holds promise of mitigating greenhouse gases while supplementing incomes, providing dietary protein, and offering a sustainable source of biofuel.
Video: http://youtu.be/tG3vV_p2DzU
To read more about seaweed farming, see: Innovation of the Week: Climate Smart Seaweed Farming.
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Dec 14
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 07
Climate Change, Food, Food Security, Irrigation, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Seeds, State of the World 2011, Trees, Water
In this week’s episode, we discuss how AquaPro‘s Groasis is working to improve reforestation efforts in arid climates by utilizing nature’s simple and most effective examples. The Groasis uses incubation to deliver water over a time-period in tune with a seedling’s demand for water. Any precipitation from rainfall or evening condensation is collected from the fan-shaped ...
Nov 16
Africa, Agriculture, Children, Cote d'Ivoire, Food, Food Security, Ghana, Hunger, Kenya, Local, Mali, Markets, Nigeria, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Nutrition, Poverty, School, State of the World 2011, sub-Saharan Africa, Youth
In this week’s episode, we discuss school feeding programs that are helping children and their families in many parts of Africa, where 60 percent of children come to school in the morning without breakfast, if they attend school at all. But, programs such as the The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), are helping to provides school meals ...
Nov 09
Africa, Agriculture, Cooperatives, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Income, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, South Africa, State of the World 2011, Zambia
In this week’s episode, research intern Isaac Hopkins discusses a collaboration between farmers in Zambia and a local brewery that uses the sorghum they grow to make affordable lager.
Video: http://youtu.be/eWqvdjJKo7o
To read more about sorghum farmers in Zambia, see: Innovation of the Week: Locally Produced Crops for Locally Consumed Products
Oct 12
Africa, Agriculture, Fertilizer, Hunger, Hygiene, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV
In this week’s episode, research intern Dana Drugmand discusses how using human waste as fertilizer provides a solution to crowded urban areas’ problems of lack of sanitation and food security. Innovations, such as composting toilets and a disposable bag called a Peepoo, are providing an agricultural answer to nature’s call.
Video: http://youtu.be/_A7shMHHUHc
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Oct 05
Africa, Agriculture, Extension, Farmers, Innovation, Innovations that Nourish the Planet, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, State of the World 2011, Technology, Videos
In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet research intern Emily Gilbert discusses the Africa Rice Center‘s knowledge sharing, “Farmer to Farmer” videos, a video series that seeks to educate and instruct rice farmers on new production and storage techniques being developed by smallholder rice farmers around the world.
Video: http://youtu.be/BKKUKXBcFbo
To read about the Africa Rice Center’s “Farmer ...
Sep 28
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, State of the World 2011
In this week’s episode, research intern Joseph Zaleski discusses the benefits of fighting malnutrition locally through the use of Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs).
Video: http://youtu.be/b6UWlDnXITE
To read more about RUTFs, see: Fighting Global Malnutrition Locally.
To purchase your own copy of State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, please click HERE. And to watch the one minute book ...
Sep 21
Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Farmers, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet TV, Processing, Rwanda, State of the World 2011, sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda, Wildlife
In this week’s episode, research intern Jenna Banning discusses the benefits of processing. By providing the right tools and services, organizations such as the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) and the East Africa Dairy Development, are helping farmers improve their livelihoods and communities.
Video: http://youtu.be/H46OA_RPsR4
To read more about processing, see Innovation of the Week: It’s All About ...
Sep 14
Africa, Agriculture, Culture, Farmers, Hunger, Hygiene, Income, Markets, Nourishing the Planet TV, Poverty, State of the World 2011, sub-Saharan Africa, Tradition, Zambia
In this week’s episode, research intern Christina Wright discusses Sylvia Banda’s entrepreneurial efforts in Zambia. Since 1986, Banda has created small businesses like Sylva Professional Catering Services Limited. Her businesses have successfully created markets for local farmers and emphasized local cooking methods.
Video: http://youtu.be/Mq-RifGnmsc
To read more about how small business are helping local communities, see: Innovation of the ...
Sep 07
Africa, Agriculture, Farmers, Niger, Nourishing the Planet TV, Nutrition, sub-Saharan Africa, Tradition, Trees
In this week’s episode, research intern Graham Salinger discusses the natural regeneration methods being used in the Sahel region of Africa to bring back indigenous trees and improve the livelihoods of traditional farmers.
Video: http://youtu.be/7cZ-ClIeK0M
To read more about farmer-managed natural regeneration, see: Innovation of the Week: “Re-Greening” the Sahel through Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration.
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Aug 31
Africa, Agriculture, Children, Education, Farmers, Innovation, Nourishing the Planet TV
In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet research intern, Graham Salinger, discusses the Farmers of the Future Initiative (FOFI), a three year long program designed by CARE International to implement environmentally sustainable agricultural training in Rwanda’s schools.
Video: http://youtu.be/DqMpx2DJ_ls
To read about agricultural training in Rwanda, see: Innovation of the Week: Turning the School Yard into a Classroom
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Aug 10
Africa, Agriculture, Cooperatives, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Kenya, Nourishing the Planet TV, Urban Farming
In this week’s episode, research intern Graham Salinger discusses the role cooperatives have in supporting small scale farmers in Africa and highlights the role that Urban Harvest and the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union play in helping farmers establish local groups.
Video: http://youtu.be/2ktcQj8fUlU
To read about the benefits of farmer cooperatives, read: Innovation of the Week: Farmers Groups and ...
