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Addressing the Causes of Land Degradation, Food/Nutritional Insecurity and Poverty: a New Approach to Agricultural Intensification in the Tropics and Subtropics
by Roger RB Leakey, Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.…
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Delicious and Nutritious – Moringa is a Miracle Tree!
The uses and health benefits of Moringa are amazing; some even call it miraculous! It is truly a ‘jack of…
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My Visit to the Greening the Desert Sequel Site, November 2013
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Proejct (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in November 2013. (Photo: Geoff Lawton) I experienced…
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The Bunya-Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii)
by Byron Joel, oaktreedesigns.com.au A mature bunya pine showing classic conical growing habit Of all the striking aspects of the…
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Rough, Ready, But Very Real – a November 2013 Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site)
Project from above, featuring a garbage-accumulating fence edge Well, you would be hard pressed to find a tougher block of…
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Gangi Setty and the Green Tree Foundation Project (India)
The Green Tree Foundation is a small non-profit organization that promotes permaculture techniques to local farmers in the Antapur district…
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Post-2015 Development: Africans Show the Way
Time to move on from redefining the problems and concentrate on solutions already seeded on the ground. by Prof Roger…
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Miracle Farms – a 5-acre Commercial Permaculture Orchard (Southern Quebec)
Twenty years ago, Stefan Sobkowiak bought a commercial apple orchard with the intention of converting it to an organic orchard.…
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Permaculture Paradise at Val & Eli’s Garden (Jacksonville, Florida)
Val and Eli take us on a tour of their permagarden in Jacksonville FL. They have created a wonderful, natural…
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Hill Country Permaculture: The Way of the Fox (Central Texas)
Foxes are renowned for being clever and nimble — elusive when sought as prey and very hard to keep out…
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What Plants Talk About
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7MOe5clOtI In 1973, Lyall Watson, a South African botanist, claimed that plants had emotions that could be recorded on a…
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PRI Zaytuna Farm Internship Project – Slope Stabilisation
My chosen internship project at PRI Zaytuna Farm was to stabilize and prevent erosion on a steep slope from an…
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