In Rwanda some 6,000 ha are already successfully transformed. All over Africa some 2 Mio. ha swamps could be transformed without endangering the eco-systems. Solid research, monitoring-analysis and large-scale funding (1 ha ca. 2-4,000 $) would be required. Any supporters?
I ask , please dont do as swamps are ecosystems, In a few years due to cultivation of paddy, from malaria to saline soils will come back to trouble, Eco tourism is one way to maintain and sustain the community near such areas and not Agriculture
I ask , please dont do as swamps are ecosystems, In a few years due to cultivation of paddy, from malaria to saline soils will come back to trouble, Eco tourism is one way to maintain and sustain the community near such areas and not Agriculture
The ecological concerns are valid and have to be taken into consideration, for any agric. investment globally. We have however to perceive the gigantic increase in world-population. When development-cooperation started some 50 years ago, we had some 3 billion, now we have 7 billion people, the majority of which is sufficiently fed by a steadily increasing food-production, esp. in the tropics. Irrigated rice in Asia (since at least 3,000 years) and elsewhere plays an important role in that. In Africa irrigation is at its start. Malaria and salinity are minor and managable side-problems. Eco-Tourism is on the increase globally and can still contribute substantially to productive rural communities. In a couple of years we have to feed 10 bio people. That is the major challenge, demanding for the utilization of the natural resources and potentials in all countries.
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