http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/09/agriculture-and-environment-in-mbola-mvp/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/09/agriculture-and-environment-in-mbola-mvp/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:49:42 +0000 Allison Greenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3780 For my third week of rotations for MDP fieldwork in the Mbola Millennium Village, I I shadowed Agriculture and Environment Facilitator, Francis Missana, as he conducted trainings in post harvest practices and encouraged famers to pay back the input subsidy loans given out by the project in the 2008/2009 season. I was impressed that the trainings emphasized environmental concerns and intrigued by the implications of tobacco growing in the region.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/09/agriculture-and-environment-in-mbola-mvp/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/29/engaging-change-in-the-mbola-mvp-clusters/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/29/engaging-change-in-the-mbola-mvp-clusters/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:14:23 +0000 Allison Greenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3611 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/29/engaging-change-in-the-mbola-mvp-clusters/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/19/water-access-in-mbola-mvp-not-just-another-pipe-dream/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/19/water-access-in-mbola-mvp-not-just-another-pipe-dream/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:45:31 +0000 Allison Greenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3411 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/19/water-access-in-mbola-mvp-not-just-another-pipe-dream/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/07/sustainable-financing-in-the-mbola-mvp/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/07/sustainable-financing-in-the-mbola-mvp/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:00:50 +0000 Allison Greenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3080 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/07/sustainable-financing-in-the-mbola-mvp/feed/ 0