Tag: Développement durable
The Vermicompost
About Vermicompost
We all know the earthworms found in our soils. The worm converts crop residues and organic materials from fallen trees into small pellets that serve as natural manure for plants. ...
Favorable and limiting factors in the development of agroecological practices
"Some scepticism remains in West Africa regarding the relevance and feasibility of agroecology as a response to major challenges...." These reservations concern both the agronomic results and the economic results of the agroecology and...
Plants for pest Control
If you are growing a biological vegetable garden, you must forget all the chemical phytosanitary products that destroy the ecosystem. Most of the commercially available insecticide products for pest control (aphids, snails, ants and...
Cold room without electricity
Practical Action Nepal has developed cold technology especially in the direction of rural areas. This technology is called Naya Cellar Storage. It was originally conceived by Dr. Gyan Shresthra of the Green Energy Mission...
From agricultural waste to aquaculture
Bioconversion consists of transforming one organic substance into another through natural processes.
The research programme on Bioconversion, led by the IRD and its Indonesian partners, consists in valuing the byproducts from the oil palm industry...
An orchard in permaculture
Miracle farms are a commercial orchard. In this ecosystem located in the municipality of St-Ahmad (Quebec), trees, birds, bees, poultry and various livestock work together to fertilize, pollinate and produce more than 100 varieties...
Understanding decoupled Aquaponics
The aquaponics was conceived as a system in which the production of fish is coupled with the production of plants. These are basically small systems that use this simple principle to set up and...
Building a greenhouse Door
The door model created is lightweight, solid and simple. It can be built quickly and easily with a few portable power tools. But nothing prevents you from doing the same thing by hand and...
What’s the aquaponics?
Contraction of the words "aquaculture" (fish farming) and "hydroponics" (cultivation of plants above ground) aquaponics is the symbiosis between plants, fish and bacteria. To make a brief, it is a natural mini eco-system in...