<i>This is the seventh piece in an eight part series about the <a href="http://ecasard.org/index.php">Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development’s (ECASARD</a> work in Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s <a href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/new-frontier-farmers-and-processor-group-reviving-farmland-and-improving-livelihoods/">Nourishing the Planet</a>.</i> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4445074567_f77a6f6887_m.jpg" height="240" width="180" align="left">In Anamaase, Ghana, the New Frontier Farmers and Processor group is led by the village’s chief. Osbararima […]
The Giving Trees: Five Trees You’ve Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger
<em>Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s </em><a href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/"><em>Nourishing the Planet</em></a><em>.</em> We know that trees can help mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere. But what is less widely understood is how many of these trees can also help to bring an end to hunger and poverty. <img class="alignleft" title="trees" src="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Marula.bmp" […]
Fighting Global Malnutrition Locally
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Every year, 5 million children worldwide die from malnutrition-related causes, including immune-system deficiency, increased risk of infection, decreased bone density, and starvation. But a variety of local efforts are hoping to turn things around. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country struggling with […]
Malunggay, the Miracle Vegetable
In United States, they have an apple a day to keep the doctors away. But here in the Philippines, we have what we call Malunggay. In United States, they call it Moringa and Sajina in Indian Subcontinent and Asia. The scientific name of Malunggay is Moringa oleifera Lamk. Leaves, pods and flowers of […]