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Home is where the hearth is...
Even though I was born and raised in Dhaka, an urban jungle of almost 15 million people, and where traces of greenery is now almost non-existent, like all other Bengalis when asked where I am from, I identify myself as coming from a small village in northern Bangladesh – a place where my father was born and where we still own…
Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 17, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment
Satellite monitoring for a better response
The outlook for food security situation in Tajikistan is rather bleak and has been for a while now. The UN classifies 54% of the total population as living in unfavorable
food security situation. Of this population
group, the WFP lists 9% to be in severe food insecurity, while another 22% to
be in moderate insecurity. Numerous studies evince that most of the population is
spending more than half their income on food (for the most vulnerable…
Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 16, 2010 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
Flies keep buzzing!
According to a recent government decree, from January 2010 no one in the City of Dushanbe can have livestock including live poultry in their house. The reasoning being such practices were leading to high incidence of flies, which according to the Ministry of Health can cause and transmit disease. The KGB or what used to be the KGB is actively enforcing the decree strictly penalizing violators. Laudable or laughable, you decide.
Live animals in households are a common sight…
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Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 16, 2010 at 8:26pm — 1 Comment
Understand Today's Reality - Select Food Security Indicators for Tajikistan
Food Deprivation: percent of total population
Chronically food insecure 10%
Highly vulnerable 17%
Borderline* cases 27%
*- easily becomes food insecure when affected by shocks such as natural disasters, crop failures, debts, etc.
Diet Composition: (Share…
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Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 15, 2010 at 8:07pm — 1 Comment
Look no farther!
People in developing countries often look to the West for examples of progress and innovation instead of looking at their own backyard. Many can easily name the tallest building in Chicago without a blink of an eye but fall from the sky if you tell them that the architect of the building was a Bangladeshi, a man whose design since has revolutionized construction of skyscrapers.
A few years back when we first started talking about Corporate Social Responsibility…
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Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 10, 2010 at 8:47pm — 5 Comments
The Next Step
My next steps is a three-pronged approach:
- LEARN: acquaint myself better with the issues of Solid Waste Management.
- ACT: start a Facebook group on Solid waste management related issues
- IMAGINE: aspire to someday creating the ultimate information clearinghouse on the subject
And, where did I get this inspiration - Alchemy take a wild guess!
Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 10, 2010 at 6:04pm — No Comments
Composting 101
Simply griping away about trash is not going to solve the problem so why not do something about it now! Taking up Agent Tsangaris's challenge I went out to my yard and dug up a h*** and from now on will dispose off the non-meat organic waste from my household into this h***.
No longer will my veggies, fruits or similar waste be put into small shopping bags and carried to the dumpster (next to the middle school), where inevitably someone riffles through the bags hoping to…
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Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 10, 2010 at 5:44pm — 4 Comments
Humble Giants
While browsing the database for Ashoka Fellows from my country, I was surprised to find that there
were several heroes listed whom I have met over the course of my work, and now know
many of them personally. The fact that these acquaintances are Ashoko Fellows is not what surprised me most but rather the fact that this was a fact about them that I was not aware of…
Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 8, 2010 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments
No one wants charity!
Out of the 33 very compelling secrets of social innovation, my favorite is Ethan Zuckerman's "Embrace market mechanisms (giving stuff away for free rarely works as well as selling it)". Without a doubt the other 32 factors are all necessary, however, my years of working in developing countries have taught me the importance of respecting market principles.
In the "development sector" when designing and implementing projects, the importance and benefits of…
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Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 6, 2010 at 5:17pm — 8 Comments
WALL - E
Nobody likes waste. Nobody likes to waste. Yet sadly, industrialization, urbanization and waste generation seem to be directly correlated. Most of the urban centers in developing countries are facing increased population pressure as more and more people move to cities in search of gainful employment - the net result of which is further increases in the quantities of waste generation – pushing the already inadequate waste management systems into disarray.
Mountains of trash are not a… Continue
Mountains of trash are not a…
Added by Iftekar Ahmed on March 5, 2010 at 7:26pm — 1 Comment
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Fourth of July on the Lake
This past weekend was the annual celebration at the lake house in Connecticut. It is amazing that the lake is still so clear and beautiful after all these years. The watershed association has done a wonderful job protecting these waters from the damaging effects of development.The wood grill was finally ready to cook on, so we didn't miss the propane tank fueled grill anymore. The food actually tasted fresher than in the past and was easy to keep fueled.Dad was very proud of the solar hybrid…See More
Stinging Nettle
In this blog post I will focus on a plant that is abundant in our nature, and which is immensely nutritious. It's of course the Stinging Nettle. Let's start with the chemical constituents of this plant:37 % Non-Nitrogen-Extracts19 - 29 % Ash9 - 21 % Fiber4 % Fat22 % ProteinOnce the leaves are drid, their protein content can reach an astounding 40 %, which is much higher than beef, which even under the best of circ**stances can never exceed 31 % protein. In addition the Stinging Nettle consists…See More
The meal
It is 7'oclock, I was late home from work due to an assignment that i wanted to get ahead on. By the time I get home I am feeling extremley tired and I cannot be bothered to make a proper meal. I walk to the fridge and open it to see what there is for me to eat. All of the out of date foodstuffs have been automaticaly thrown away by the fridge, they will be recycled tomorrow as animal feed or something. I see i have organic local eggs and some local cheese. Foods are vacc** sealded for easy…See More
Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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