As international interest in the CIAT-FLAR water harvesting project in Nicaragua continues to grow, you can now watch the accompanying photofilm in Spanish. And don’t worry – you can can still watch it in English. Related posts: Nicaragua water harvesting story on Reuters Alertnet Just Add Water – food production transformed in drought-prone Nicaragua
Nicaragua water harvesting film – now in Spanish
23 September, 2011 by (comments)Filed Under: Crops @en
Nicaragua water harvesting story on Reuters AlertNet
30 August, 2011 by (comments)AlertNet, the arm of the Reuters news agency that exclusively covers humanitarian and development issues, has just published an article on their blog about a CIAT-FLAR project to harvest rainwater in drought-prone Nicaragua. The photofilm should be visible there too, any moment. In the meantime, click to read how Victor Beltran’s farm has been quickly transformed, allowing him toRead More …
Filed Under: Crops @en
Just add water: food production transformed in drought-prone Nicaragua
6 May, 2011 by (comments)Following last week’s tantalising post about some very exciting water harvesting pilot projects in Nicaragua, today we can bring you a just-finished photofilm, documenting the work – and its potential for expansion across Central America, and beyond. The work, coordinated by FLAR, and financed by the Common Fund for Commodities, shows that farmers’ fortunes really can be transformed veryRead More …
Filed Under: Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions
Sustainable intensification transforms landscapes and livelihoods – in one year
28 April, 2011 by (comments)It could be the Holy Grail of eco-efficient agriculture – the sustainable transformation of arid land incapable of supporting food production, into green oases of rice, beans, and maize… …in just one year. Recent water harvesting pilot projects in Nicaragua have done just this. Coordinated by The Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR), based at CIAT‘s headquarters inRead More …
Filed Under: Agro-ecology and Economics @en, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions