La fougara est un systeme d'irrigation de l'eau invente pour permettre de quantifier l'eau necessaire pour les differentes plantations dans le desert. C'est un systeme complexe et tres ingenieux qui remonte quelques centaines d'annees. C'est un systeme unique dans le Sahara que l'on trouve dans les Oasis du Gourara pres de Timumoun. Ce systeme d'irrigation est inspire des Qanats en Iran. … Read more
Water Harvesting: Swale / Sagia Water Harvesting in Drylands
Water is very precious especially in arid and semi arid regions. Every single drop of rain must therefore be saved and not wasted, evaporation should be decreased, and fertile topsoil should be prevented from running off with the rain, therefore loosing nutrients and causing soil erosion. To prevent this, Sagias or Swales can be implemented to slow down water after a rain and to hold it for the longest period possible for it to sink in slowly and hydrate the landscape. Swales are ditches dug … Read more
Drying mechanism for rice Building drying box from local materials
This link features instructions on how to build a fixed batch heated air drying bin from local materials. The goal of this design was to create a dryer that could maintain rice quality at a low capital and operating cost yielding a reasonably high dry time while remaining accessible to small-scale processing. … Read more
Mushroom Permaculture Mushroom cultivation
Mushroom growing can be done very low-cost and low-input. Additionally, it needs relatively little space. As the process does not happen on fields but in bags or jars, it does not require much or high soil quality, nor nearly any external input apart from the initial compost. It can therefore create economic opportunities in areas where other agricultural activity is hard. The only important thing regarding mushroom cultivation is that it is done properly. Which means that the sterilisation … Read more
Healthy Snack Ideas Eating between the meals
In this video you will find some nice healthy snack ideas, which could for example be usefull for people on diet. - Kale Chips - Granola - Frozen Fruit - Seaweed (Dulse and Nori) - Avocados (with a fast and easy preparation) - Chia Seed Crackers … Read more
Urban Gardening Using the unused spaces for public gardening
Ron Finley lives in Los Angeles and started gardening just on the little green patch next to the sidewalk in front of his house. Now this builds community and gets people to jointly get their hands into the earth and even get high quality food out of it. … Read more
Growing Food in Cities One way to grow food in Urban Areas
Stephen Ritz is a teacher in the USA Bronx who, after seeing many children of his classes eating unhealthy foods, started setting up growing walls with his classes. They now grow food for the community and sell it to make money for the school. The food produced is also used to cook with in the school canteen. … Read more
Organic Permaculture Farm Land Design Technology Best Solution for Sustainable Land Use for African Farming
This technology is Developed by Dr Noah Owusu-Takyi, a renowned permaculturist in Ghana who have from 30 years experience training young farmers in sustainable farming technologies, and developing solutions for improve African farming. The technology uses various permaculture design principles to design farmlands to ensure the use of ecologically sustainable farming practices into the farm design to ensure profitability whiles protecting the environment. Farm lands are resurveyed, the size … Read more
Underground Greenhouse How to build an underground greenhouse
This greenhouse is very cheap and effective as it uses the principles of passive solar heating with earth-sheltered building to allow heat energy to be stored. For only $300 the Benson Institute was able to build an underground greenhouse measuring 6mx22.5m. … Read more
Coffee Grounds in the Garden Coffee grounds : a natural garden helper
This page shows you how to use your used coffee grounds in your garden through different ways in 5 steps. There is also a video to make it more understandable. - A natural fertilizer - Usefull against snails and slugs - speed up the decomposing process in compost … Read more
