The Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) is a network for capacity building through exchange of practical experience and appropriate knowledge on food security in the drylands of Africa. The DCG networks in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan consist of NGOs as well as research institutions and governmental structures. DCG Norway administers funds from Norad to research projects and from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to information and policy work linked to the UNCCD and dryland challenges.
Archive
Testing mechanised seed planting and fertiliser micro-dosing in Sudan
Through an exchange organised by the DCG, the technology of time-saving seed planting and micro-dose fertilising animal-drawn machines from Mali was introduced to Sudanese partners. Subsequently, two trials were conducted in Sudan, which showed similar reductions in labour and time. Read more »
Ethiopian experience sharing visit to Mali on climate change adaptation of pastoralists
In 2011, an exchange of Ethiopian scholars and NGO members to Mali took place to learn about best practices and share experiences concerning pastoralists’ adaptation to the effects of climate change. Read more »
Aflatoxins - can research and information to farmers stop the silent killer?
Interview with Dr. Alemayehu Chala from Hawassa University in Ethiopia who has been leading DCG Ethiopia’s research project on aflatoxins in groundnut production. Read more »
The history of the Ecofarm project and its development impact
With the publishing of DCG report from the Ecofarm project in Sudan (DCG report no.71), the Ecofarm project is officially over, but DCG continues to work on the objective of increasing agricultural productivity. Read more »
Drought, high food prices and chronic poverty
The combined threat of drought, high food prices, displacement and chronic poverty is affecting millions of people in 2012 as a new food crisis emerges across the Sahel Region. Food insecurity and malnutrition are recurrent in the region with more than 16 million people directly at risk this year. Read more »
Rio+20: historic turning point or flop?
The Rio+20 Conference will be held in June in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 20 years after the Earth Summit in the same city. Green Economy is on the agenda, as Sustainable Development was discussed two decades ago. But the preparatory discussions, which have been going on for months, show that many issues remain unclear, with contradictory interests at stake. Aksel Nærstad, from the Development Fund in Oslo, presents his analysis of the process and the challenges that the Conference is facing. Read more »
Improving food and livelihood security through livestock activities in the Ecofarm project
“The simple techniques of the Ecofarm project, such as providing a salt lick stone for the animals, was only a small effort to make, but showed a large gain and made livestock an important source of income in my village” said Gamal Ishaq Abdellah, leader of the development committee in Faris village in North Kordofan in Sudan. Read more »
Facts on water harvesting
Facts on water harvesting: Factsheet
March 2012
DCG's factsheet on water harvesting Read more »
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