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. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/09/agriculture-in-ruhiira-mvp-uganda/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/09/agriculture-in-ruhiira-mvp-uganda/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:55:30 +0000 Kate Morris http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5400 Partnering up with Millennium Promise MVP has provided larger South African Boa goats to 150 farmers who meet certain criteria. This improved variety of goats is larger, grow faster and sell for more; a local goat for slaughter sells at USH 80 000 to 150 000 while the improved variety sells at USH 300 000 [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/09/agriculture-in-ruhiira-mvp-uganda/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/gender-based-training-in-ruhiira/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/gender-based-training-in-ruhiira/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:29:28 +0000 Kate Morris http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3602 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/gender-based-training-in-ruhiira/feed/ 0