Water harvesting, storage and conservation techniques

How to rehabilitate an argan forest ?

Photo credit: WVC 2007–04 Oued Elmaa WVC Ar#99EA1 copy

75 percent of plant genetic diversity lost since the 1900s as farmers shift to genetically high-yielding crop breeds

Grow vegetables in vertical gardens and containers on saline soils

Kitchen garden contour beds in the Sacred Valley Peru

Reforestation and agriculture in Burkina Faso

Photo credit: WVC 1997–12

101 stories of hope, innovation, and success, in creating a better food system.

Chinese Academy of Desertification

Photo credit: WVC 1999–11

Belgian Development Cooperation: desertification

Why are new olive orchards struggling to remain viable?

Desertification Conference in Ghent, Belgium

Extension due date abstracts

On behalf of the scientific committee of Desertland II, we would like to inform you that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 2 March 2015.

Use of drones to improve the quality of interventions in agriculture

A new resource crisis in Pakistan: major water shortages

the scientific consensus report

Photo credit: WVC 1988–12

Cultivation of crops can be the most effective preventative measure

YOUR FREE CONTRIBUTION TO A BETTER WORLD

Photo credit: WVC 107059 (2011–08) -Bottle towers

Chronic food shortages, lack of access to water and climate variability

Combat desertification with very drought-tolerant Eriogonum

Gender and food security: How to bolster food production ?

Eradication of hunger and malnutrition central pillars of the global development agenda

Need for technology to help harness water more efficiently, particularly in agriculture

Speeding urgently needed seeds of major food crops to communities in West Africa