A crash course in changing the world.
Some of my friends wanted to know about ground water quality. Groundwater quality is grouped into seven cla**** based on electrical conductivity (EC), sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and residual sodium carbonate (RSC) and the guidelines for suitability of irrigation are given…
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Micronutrient deficiency and restricted bioavailability not only lead to poor growth and yield, but also affects human being who consume diet low in Fe and Zn. More than 3 billion people worldwide suffer from Fe and Zn deficiency and this is wide spread in those areas where population rely…
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The principal way of carbon storage in soil is through formation of soil organic matter. Soil organic matter is a complex mixture of carbon compounds consisting of decomposed plant and animal tissues, microbial biomass and carbon associated…
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I have seen a danger of forming groups within EVOKE. I got one response from my fellow EVOKER to stop sending message about blogs written outside their own group(?). The mistake(?) from my side occurred when I replied to all in response to one of my INBOX message. Well, I must admit…
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One of my fellows EVOKER replied in response to two of my blog posts about agroforestry who will pay for survival of trees planted in system. I…
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This is a subject that I held to the core of my heart and hence I thought of taking this issue up today. Food sovereignty depends on many factors. Firstly,…
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Power is the issue
That scratch many a head,
Power is wanting
How can I go to bed?
Power to be tapped
From sun and the sea,
From electromagnetic waves
And from tree-
Power to be harnessed
From the cosmic ray;
I promise to keep
Power crisis at bay,
For future generation
I'll connect the power way.
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For laying out the fruit based multi-tier cropping system, suitable crop combinations should be decided based on the climatic and soil suitability, availability of irrigation facility and socio-economic requirements. For main crop, fruit…
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The fruit based multi-tier cropping system is a self-sustainable system where solar energy can be harvested at different heights, soil resources can be efficiently used and cropping intensity is increased. The system consists of three main components viz. main crop, filler crop and inter crops which occupy three…
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I remember the challenge
And the provoke
That was offered ten years back
By the network called EVOKE.....…
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"We shall not finally defeat Aids, Tuberculosis, Malaria, or any other Infectious diseases that plague the developing world, until we have also won the battle for Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Basic Health Care" Kofi Annan, United Nations.
There is no human life without water. “By means of water” says the Koran, “we give life to everything.”
Water scarcity is one of the…
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Since watershed is a hydrologic unit and selected based on water flow in a land area, planning for rainwater harvesting can be done in a better way in a watershed as compared to any other type of geographic units. Direct falling rainwater, overland flow of runoff, lateral seepage flow (emerging within the watershed boundaries) can be stored in a reservoir formed due to…
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Developed countries with surplus funds regard wastewater treatment as vital to protect human health, environment and prevent the pollution of surface water bodies such as lakes and rivers. But for most developing countries, this solution presents insurmountable problems and is…
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March 22nd is recognized by the United Nations Water Group as "World Water Day", this year's theme being "Clean Water for a Healthy World". Although we live on a water-covered planet, only 1% of the world's water is available for human use, the rest locked away in oceans, ice, and the atmosphere. The National Geographic Society feels so strongly about the issues around fresh water that they are…
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Felix Mukobeko is Zambian, 29, single, and a recent participant at our micro-solar production set-up workshop in Mumbwa (a small town 150 km west of the Zambian capital of Lusaka).
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In much of rural Zambia, communities depend heavily on either candles or home-made kerosene lanterns for their lighting needs (see picture to the left). On a recent field trip we came across one of these home-made lanterns.
We met Mrs Elizabeth Kabanga, wife of the Village Headman in the Chibanga community, which…
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