In AWF's Congo Heartland, our team is implementing several conservation actions designed to support local communities, while lessening the burden on the bonobos who inhabit the forests.
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May 9, 2011- Alex Petroff shares the unlikely journey that led him to build sustainable farms through his 501c(3) Working Villages International.
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In this week's episode, Nourishing the Planet research intern Emily Gilbert discusses how incorporating an Integrated Food and Energy System (IFES) can give rural and impoverished communities improved food security and access to sustainable and reliable energy.
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In ecology news, a farming program in the Democratic Republic of Congo helps to triple harvests. The Agriculture Sector Support and Rehabilitation Program, referred to as PARSAR, supplies small-scale farmers in southwestern Bandundu Province with improved seeds, new agricultural techniques, and equipment. In addition, PARSAR improves roads to enhance access to markets. Our earnest gratitude, Democratic Republic of the Congo, for this wonderful endeavor to ensure food security. May all countries flourish with abundant and nutritious plant-based sustenance.
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Had a chance to visit the border of the Congo/Rwanda. The FARMS Program here in this area of Rwanda allows for Rwandan churches to reach out across the border.
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Interview with Kouimousi Bateroi, Farmer, and Vital Koulimousi, Agronomist. Location: Kabare, south Kivu DR Congo Thisfootage may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non- profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder provided acknowledgement of the source is made. No use of this footage may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from UNEP. Contact: postconflict@unep.org
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BEL (Bujugali Electric Limited) and SOUL (Supporting Opportunities for Ugandan's to Learn) collaborate to create a sustainable source of food for the men and women of Uganda. Help us build more fishfarms throughout the villages of Africa!
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A done deal! Yes you can buy and own a land in the Africa now in The Republic Democratic of Congo (Kinshasa), region of Bas-Congo, the town of Kimpese. I have already purchased 1/4 th. of this land and looking for somebody like you to join me and expand . All documents are legal and your portion will be for you and for ever. Congo now is free for any one to buy land whether for farming or for industrial applications. This land has mines such as Limestone and could be other as well as Congo is full of minerals. There is a 5Kv high voltage electrical line for your commercial needs. At 200 feet, there is a main good road joining the capital city (about 150km) to the international port of Matadi about 100Km. Most important, at 5 km and 12 Km are located a German (CINAT) and Belgian (Silo CICO) companies that exploit Cement industries since this mountain goes for over 180 miles with plenty of Limestone mines. I live in the Maryland USA. and so far I use my portion only for traditional farming. Please email me for more information if interested before January 30th. Contact: zjoaquim1@netzero.net before Jnuary 2011.
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farmingfirst.org Charles Mushizi from the Centre d'Echanges pour des Reformes Juridique et Institutionelle (CERJI) discusses the current situation of the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While agriculture in the DRC is underinvested in, Mushizi believes that agriculture has the potential to boost the economic status of the country, and it could tackle hunger not only in the DRC but in the rest of Africa too. Speaking at the COP16 climate negotiations in Cancun, he urges farmers in the DRC to take action, for it is they who must make changes to be able to cope with future changes in the climate.
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Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is preventing people accessing their farms.
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The Biochar Fund and its local partner ADAPEL implement a three-year project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It aims to phase out slash-and-burn farming. 200 very poor farmers participate by introducing biochar in their soils. The project is funded by the Congo Basin Forest Fund - a fund created by the British and Norwegian governments, hosted by the African Development Bank, and chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, aimed at halting the deforestation of Central Africa's forests. The project is being implemented under difficult circumstances, deep in the interior of the Congo (Equateur Province). Nonetheless, it is seen as a crucial pilot program because it unites the fight against deforestation, food insecurity and climate change. A french version of this film can be found here: www.youtube.com
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Palm oil being extracted from the fruit of the oil palm. Palm oil is commonly used as a cooking ingredient and is sold to generate income for the Congolese farmers. For more information on the DR of Congo or our organization, visit www.paulcarlson.org or check out our blog at blogs.paulcarlson.org You can also find us on Facebook at Paul Carlson Partnership or follow us on Twitter @PaulCPartners
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Former Peace Corps Fish Farmer Reunion in Bandundu province of DRC. The farmer's group is visiting an old pond site and discussing pond management techniques. It has been over 15 years since the last time the group met as an association.
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Amede Daki Bopolo, project manager of ADAPEL, explains how we will cross and follow the Congo river to our project site. We're standing on the bank of the river in Lisala, in the DRC's Equateur Province. Interview conducted by Laurens Rademakers. Congolese NGO ADAPEL and Biochar Fund's project in the DR Congo aims to solve four problems simultaneously: biochar will improve soil fertility, sequester carbon, phase out slash-and-burn farming and yield renewable energy. Thus the project fights hunger, climate change, deforestation and energy insecurity amongst some of the world's poorest people. Project funded by the UK and Norway's Congo Basin Forest Fund; financial oversight by the African Development Bank. Project website: www.drcongobiochar.org
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Activist and actress Ashley Judd visited a Women for Women International office in DR Congo in 2010. She discusses Women for Women International's commercial, organic farming programs, job-skills training, education and business education initiatives.
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This video from NetHope member Catholic Relief Services (CRS) illustrates how the spread of two major cassava diseases (cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease) is threatening the food security of millions of farmers in central and east Africa. CRS and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) developed a consortium with NetHope, Intel, Agilix and FormRouter, to provide an e-learning solution to help farmers prevent the spread of the diseases. This 5-year project aims to get disease-resistant cuttings to more than one million farming families in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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One woman's enterprise helps DR Congo's rape survivors to find healing and an independent income through farming.
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This video explains why agricutural investments in Africa can prove to be so profitable
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A young Congolese man, Aime Baligizi, uses his education and his own experience growing up in a war to help others survive in a war-torn corner of Africa. What Aime Balagizi does seems simple. He distributes seeds and hoes for planting. The work is grueling and he says the sacrifices are great, but that so are the the rewards for those displaced by war in Chad, the Central African Republic and Sudan. In this installment of VOA's Making a Difference, Correspondent Nico Colombant caught up with Balagizi in Birao, in the Central African Republic, near the border with Darfur.
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A green revolution has taken root in parts of Africa. The Toronto Star's Mitch Potter reports on the agricultural shift taking place in the eastern Congo. See thestar.com for more news an information. (July 25, 2008.)
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