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Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
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For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
European energy security and diversification of energy sources remain critical challenges against a backdrop of growing worldwide energy demand, the lingering effects of the global recession, and the challenge of mitigating climate change. European leaders struggle with defining a common energy policy, especially on such issues as nuclear energy and renewable energy, while attempting to assess the impact of unconventional gas and increased availability of worldwide liquefied natural gas (LNG). How do European Union energy and environmental regulations and the European Energy Charter impact greater security and diversification needs? Our discussion with Ambassador Vaclav Bartuska, the Czech Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, focused on the current situation of European energy security and its future challenges and opportunities.
On the final day of the economic diversification symposium, various international companies signed MOUs with Ministers of Equatorial Guinea, forming strategic partnerships that will help diversify the national economy.
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
The companies in this year’s class represent the ever-growing and diversifying entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our companies come from all over the country and bring unique skills, background and expertise to Boulder this summer. While individually different, they are all fueled by an unquenchable desire to improve the world by solving big problems.
This year’s class includes companies that are focused on helping brides get the dress they dream of (while staying within their budget) to enabling any child to make music to wearables that notify a loved one if you feel unsafe to helping home buyers/sellers save money and many more. These 10 companies stood out for their drive and passion to do something great and it’s a true honor and privilege to work with them.
We’re very excited to introduce the Techstars Boulder 2015 class:
adHawk: A mobile app that provides a bird’s eye view of all your digital marketing data in one place.
Blazing DB: An SQL database at supercomputer speeds that’s incredibly easy to use.
Edify: Empower every kid in the world to make their own music.
Flytedesk: A platform for buying and selling uncollected media, starting with college newspapers.
HobbyDB: The definitive database for collectors and hobbyists to manage and monetize their collections.
MadKudu: Data science that helps sales and support teams fight customer churn.
Revolar: The world’s smartest personal safety wearable device keeps you safe anytime, anywhere.
Stryd: The world’s first running power meter that helps runners improve their performance.
TRELORA: A commission-free real estate company, replacing percentage-based commissions with one flat fee.
Photography by 23rd Studios Boulder - for permissions please contact www.23rdstudios.com - info@23rdstudios.com
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Karima and her husband Khalil, 36 checking the beehives in Qala Safid village of Karokh district in Herat province.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
NASCAR K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Limerock Park on 3rd July 2010. Also SCCA Trans-Am.
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
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Villagers in Karukh district of Herat province.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karima’s contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, “We were not able to buy him medicine. We couldn’t do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.”
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didn’t know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, cruc
John M. Menefee
Agricultural Education/ FFA Advisor
Paola High School
"The Winning Tradition of the Paola FFA Will Not Be Defended By The Weak And Lazy"
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
More information:
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
More information:
European energy security and diversification of energy sources remain critical challenges against a backdrop of growing worldwide energy demand, the lingering effects of the global recession, and the challenge of mitigating climate change. European leaders struggle with defining a common energy policy, especially on such issues as nuclear energy and renewable energy, while attempting to assess the impact of unconventional gas and increased availability of worldwide liquefied natural gas (LNG). How do European Union energy and environmental regulations and the European Energy Charter impact greater security and diversification needs? Our discussion with Ambassador Vaclav Bartuska, the Czech Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, focused on the current situation of European energy security and its future challenges and opportunities.
he Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 244 m spire[2]) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world. The building was opened in 2010 as part of a new development called Downtown Dubai. It is designed to be the centrepiece of large-scale, mixed-use development. The decision to construct the building is based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil-based economy, and for Dubai to gain international recognition.
The End of the Era of Mutual Funds:
Index funds -mutual funds that track an “index” of dozens or hundreds of companies- have been a popular investment for decades. With nominal expense ratios and built-in diversification, they offer a strong basis for a retirement portfolio. But Niels Jensen, the UK-based founder of Absolute Return Partners, has written a book predicting that mutual funds will soon lose their luster. By analyzing long-term macroeconomic mega trends, he has come to the conclusion that mutual funds will go belly under.
The Debt Super-cycle May Stop Churning:
Borrowing -particularly on a margin- has led to unparalleled standards of living. As TV dad Archie Bunker once said, “[c]redit is the only thing that stands between us and Communism.”
But as the sovereign debt of developed nations is untenable, as some economists predict will happen soon, the entire global financial system will have to be restructured. This means that the dominance of mutual funds will also end, and leads us to Jensen’s next salient point…
The Rise of the East:
With the ascendancy of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), some are doubting the centuries-long dominance of the Anglo-American economies and their allies. Though the BRICS nations still have multiple millions of people living on wages less than $2 a day, which means they also have more room to grow. China, in particular, has been a development success story. Many index funds are focused on the developed markets of the US, the UK, the EU, Japan and increasingly South Korea. Even international funds are woefully underexposed to developing markets.
The Baby Boomer Bust:
The West is facing a demographic crisis: the Baby Boom generation is beginning to retire. That leaves to the smaller generations X, Y, and Z to make up for their productivity. Jensen suggests that industrial automation may be able to make up for some of this workforce loss. Also, Baby Boomers are having to make more with less due to inflation and other factors. This segues into another of Mr. Jensen’s points…
The declining spending power of the middle classes:
As the price of consumer staples declines, middle-class people are left with less discretionary income. This leads to a stagnation for cyclical firms as consumer spending decreases. Worse still, this leads to fewer jobs being created. This vicious cycle could do serious harm to index funds that depend on cyclical businesses to heighten gains during booms.
The death of fossil fuels:
Renewable energy firms have been taking advantage of the jump in demand for their products. The solar and wind sub-sectors, specifically, are challenging conventional fossil fuel utilities for market share. This threatens mutual funds, as some of their best dividends come from companies like BP and ExxonMobil. While yieldcos offer decent dividends, they still fall far short of those provided by conventional energy. Will investors accept lower dividends from more sustainable sources?
Mark Angelo co-founded the Investment Manager in August 2009.
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
More information:
Caption:
Khalil, 36, Karimaâs husband in a beekeeping uniform.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
After a very long time serving bookworms in Dublin and beyond, the long established and well known family firm "Greenes" have branched out into new territory! Greenes bookshop have been in existence for generations.
At Ireland's latest die cast model event, a collector meet in Galway a new enterprise is launched!
Fellow flickr member"bookman70" proudly surveys his wares before the official opening
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
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Students in Marie-Pier Boucher's "Space Exploration and Interplanetary Habitation" take V-flying lessons with visiting artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis as part of Media Lab Professor Joe Paradiso's "Diversifying Space" CAST Mellon Faculty Grant.
Learn more at arts.mit.edu
Photo by HErickson
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The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
More information:
The diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Full Story: tapintotalent.ca/about-us/news-and-events/federal-governm...
Immigrant Employment Council of BC
Tap Into Talent
Twitter: @IEC_BC www.twitter.com/iec_bc
The Ich Kool Milpa is a highly diversified system relying on the sustainable use of biodiversity where the triad – maize, beans, and squash – found in all milpas, are also accompanied by Lima beans making a distinctive feature. Besides, since the system depends on the forest, its conservation has been indispensable and reflects one of the core elements of this GIAHS based on forest-friendly practices that are anchored in technical management and the milperos’ identity.
Credits: (c) Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable, Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
More information:
Panelists Tao Zhang, IMF Deputy Managing Director, Yanqing Yang, Abraham Tekeste, Luis Fernando Mejia, Mame Khary Diene and Min Zhu during the IMF seminar Achieving Economic Diversification in Low Income Countries at the 2018 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings on Friday, April 20 in Washington, D.C. Ryan Rayburn/IMF Photo
Diversified agricultural landscape with many hedges and an extensive grassland where many ladybirds species can live.
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Full Story: tapintotalent.ca/about-us/news-and-events/federal-governm...
Immigrant Employment Council of BC
Tap Into Talent
Twitter: @IEC_BC www.twitter.com/iec_bc
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
More information:
In Malawi, cooking demonstrations undertaken during farmer field days have facilitated the sharing of nutrition information on the
incorporation of potato and sweetpotato into family diets. This has increased the nutritional knowledge and improved child
feeding practices for the Malawian population. This is possible through the VISTA and RTC action projects funded by USAID and Irish Aid respectively.
Photo by: V. Atakos (CIP-SSA)
Caption:
Karima and her husband Khalil, 36 checking the beehives in Qala Safid village of Karokh district in Herat province.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
Managing our expenditure and overheads tightly, diversifying where we secure our income from rather than relying too heavily on a few funders, developing our trading activities especially the provision of back of house services, creating a social enterprise to provide a HR support and employment law service; these have all been part of the day job for us over the last few years. We’ve been supporting the voluntary sector locally to look at alternatives for themselves and are currently running a Sustainable Funding Norfolk project with NCVO as one of our partners which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The work of the Funding Commission, of which I’ve been pleased to have been a part, will I hope help voluntary organisations emerge from the challenges ahead with confidence that there can be viable funding options for them to consider.
Caption:
Khalil, 36, Karimaâs husband in a beekeeping uniform.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Diversified Transportation 5822 is a Turtle Top Odyssey XLT bodied bus on a Frieghtliner S2C chassis, operating on a Northern Health Connections trip from McBride.
Photo taken at University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC.
In recent years, the aquaculture industry has developed rapidly, and many regions have increased the scale of aquaculture. The manure treatment methods are diversified. Now there is manure dryer for advanced manure treatment, which can not only be used as organic fertilizer, but also has a method of manure management.
Zhengzhou Jiutian feces dryer equipment cleans feces in a centralized manner, realizing the utilization of fecal resources and harmless treatment, which not only protects the environment, but also brings benefits to the society and enterprises. The manure dryer equipment can process dozens to hundreds of tons of manure every day. The dried product can be used as a culture medium to grow edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus, and can also be sold as feed for fish, chickens and ducks.
The production process of Zhengzhou Jiutian manure dryer:
1. High-efficiency combined lifting plate
According to the change of the physical properties of the material during the drying process, the excrement dryer adopts a combination of lifting plates of various structures, so that the material forms a uniform material curtain in the drum of the excrement dryer, and conducts sufficient heat transfer and heat transfer with the hot flue gas. For mass transfer, for high-humidity viscous materials, there will be a chain breaking device to prevent clogging and block materials and break the accumulated ball. For materials with excellent fluidity, spoon-shaped arc plates are used.
2. Reasonably adjust the speed
Depending on the performance of the drying material, the drying time of the manure dryer is different. It is designed to run at the fastest speed to fully ensure the drying quality. Small chicken manure dryers are generally equipped with electromagnetic speed regulation or variable frequency speed regulation motors.
3. Self-aligning roller device
The manure dryer adopts a bearing type and structure that is different from the traditional dryer supporting roller. The supporting roller and the belt are self-restrained to maintain linear contact, and the contact of the friction surface is wider and more balanced, which ensures the service life of the supporting roller and the belt. It improves the stability of the dryer cylinder operation. And appropriately reduce the angle between the supporting rollers, reduce the running resistance, and reduce the power consumption.
4. New sealing device
The front and rear sealing rings of the excrement dryer draw on the sealing device of the rotary kiln, and are composed of a labyrinth device, which is temperature-resistant and wear-resistant, has a good sealing effect, has a long service life, and is easy to install and maintain.
5. Dust collection tail cover design
According to the requirements of different drying materials, the manure dryer can expand the cavity to design the tail cover and change the exhaust flow direction, so that the tail cover can take the primary dust collection effect, which greatly reduces the dust collection pressure of the subsequent dust collector.
If you are interested in our manure dryer, please feel free to contact us.
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Pictured launching the Fáilte Ireland Brexit Response Programme at the IHF Conference in Killareney were Paul Kelly, CEO, Fáilte Ireland; Michael Lennon, IHF President; Martina Kerr Bromley, Fáilte Ireland's Head of Enterprise and Hospitality and Tim Fenn, CEO, IHF. 9Photo: Dominic Walsh)
News Release
Tuesday 5th March 2019
Fáilte Ireland urges Tourism Sector to Step Up Preparations for Brexit and Diversify into New Markets
The National Tourism Development Authority launched its latest Brexit Response Programme at the IHF Conference.
Fáilte Irelandâs CEO Paul Kelly has addressed the Irish Hotel Federationâs Annual Conference in Killarney today (Tuesday, 5th March) and used the opportunity to appeal to hotels and other tourism businesses to step up their efforts to diversify into newer markets ahead of Brexit. Fáilte Ireland is investing â¬5 million this year for business supports to ensure the Irish tourism sector is both âproduct-readyâ and âindustry-readyâ ahead of the UK withdrawal from the EU.
Paul Kelly, Chief Executive of Fáilte Ireland said:
âWhile it is still difficult to quantify the range and scope of impacts that Brexit will have, our key message to tourism businesses is âprepare and diversifyâ. Any tourism business which does not have Brexit contingencies as a central focus of its 2019 business plan needs to act fast. To help businesses to prepare, Fáilte Ireland is investing â¬5 million this year to support the tourism sector in its preparations. This marks a significant ramping up of our activities to ensure Irish tourism is both âproduct-readyâ and âindustry-readyâ ahead of Brexit.
We need to work every angle if we are to sustain tourism growth, and the jobs and revenue generated in recent years. This means that we need to be a much more agile sector. Businesses need to recalibrate towards newer segments in the British market or to newer markets. Fáilte Ireland has developed a comprehensive Brexit Response Programme designed to support tourism businesses in an innovative and accessible manner and to ensure businesses are ready to meet the challenge.â
Michael Lennon, President of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) said:
âAs the deadline for Brexit approaches, it is still unclear what the outcome will be or if the deadline will be met or if we have a disorderly Brexit. However, we cannot stand still and no matter what happens, our sector must be prepared for any and all contingencies. Businesses need to assess the risks associated with reliance on the UK market, respond to changes quickly and look at marketing themselves to newer markets or indeed other sectors within existing markets. As a member of the Fáilte Ireland Brexit Advisory Group, the IHF welcomes the 2019 Brexit Response Programme and initiatives which will assist in addressing some of the challenges and issues Brexit is causing.â
The Fáilte Ireland Brexit Response Business Supports include:
⢠Brexit Mentor Panel
⢠Get China Ready Programme
⢠International Sales & Optimisation Scheme
⢠Market Diversification Programme
⢠Competitiveness and Value for Money
⢠Research & Insights
⢠GB & NI Retention and Growth
⢠Brexit Readiness Check
⢠Online Knowledge Hub
As part of the Brexit Response Programme a booklet outlining the supports available has been produced by Fáilte Ireland which can be downloaded here.
Further information on the Fáilte Ireland Brexit Response Programme can be found at:
www.failteireland.ie/getbrexitready
by telephone: 1800 242 473
email: getbrexitready@failteireland.ie
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For further information, please contact:
John Browne, Communications, Failte Ireland at 01 884 7135 or 086 781 2686
Note for editor
Fáilte Ireland
Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, was established in 2003 to guide and promote tourism as a leading indigenous component of the Irish economy.
The tourism and hospitality industry is of critical importance to the national economy, with tourists spending â¬7.8billion in Ireland and supporting 260,000 jobs.
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
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Twitter: @IEC_BC www.twitter.com/iec_bc
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
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The diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
Caption:
Khalil, 36, Karimaâs husband in a beekeeping uniform.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Description: Betel-nuts, another example of the movement towards diversification in Tanganyika's agricultural production, Tanga Province.
Location: Tanga Province, Tanganyika
Date: 1960
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/164
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Caption:
Villagers in Karukh district of Herat province.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
_________
For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018