Agriculture
Growing fish and tomatoes in one greenhouse
Economical and ecological attractive project
EcoFutura is a project of four Dutch companies (‘Groen Agro Control’, GreenQ, Aqua-Terra Nova and Priva). They studied the possibility of combining fishfarming in a closed system with greenhouse production of tomatoes. This is the… read more
Case: Dry land
Muhtar is a boy living in a farming village in Sambelia district. Nowadays his father is no longer farming but working in the big city and rarely coming home. His mother still works on the farm but it does not… read more
Water Stress and the Himalayas
Is this the future?
In 50 years time, within half a century from now, Himalayan glaciers will have receded significantly, fish stocks will have vanished and cultivatable land will have largely depleted, especially in developing countries.
As a result, the… read more
On Farm Anaerobic Digesters
Anaerobic Digestion is one of the more promising biological technologies for sustainable waste management. It has the potential to turn a large and worsening agro-headache into a growing opportunity for sustainable farming. It can extract useful biogas energy and high… read more
Early farming methods caused climate change
Farmers thousands of years ago cleared land by burning forests and moved to a new area once the yields declined, say scientists.
Farmers who used “slash and burn” methods of clearing forests to grow crops thousands of years ago could… read more
