By Raphael Yao Ahiakpe, Seawater Solutions Technical Projects Manager (Africa) It is not uncommon to hear the prominent potential aquaculture holds in filling the protein gap created as a result of demands from increasing human population and decreasing catches from fisheries in most parts of the World. However, sustainability of conventional aquaculture operations remains a […]
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By Joella Korczak, Seawater Solutions Programme Officer It’s getting crowded in our mangrove nursery! Right now we are the home to around 1400 red and white mangrove seedlings. The seedlings we installed in our nursery 3 weeks ago are germinating and growing. As you can see in the pictures it’s a very interesting transformation from
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator When we first came to Malawi, needless to say, we were pretty excited. Since then we have set up an agriculture site in the Chikwawa region with our partners at Challenges Malawi which is growing the country’s first ever Salicornia! We’re back after a few months away and
By Yanik Nyberg, Seawater Solutions Founder & Director We’re so happy to share our most recent success in cultivating Salicornia / Samphire using saltwater from groundwater in Malawi! Our first harvest in the country was such an amazing experience and is the first step in showing that wetland species can be used to grow food
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By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) The early onset of the rainy season this year has unfortunately brought an early end to our Salicornia season. Despite the heavy rains, we managed to have a very successful crop in Long An Province where even the temperamental Salicornia Europea grew well. Thanks to the
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By Vy Nguyen, Seawater Solutions Quality Assurance Manager Vietnam is rich in different types of naturally salt tolerant plant species which are nutritious for humans and livestock. However, many of these plants have been forgotten and few people know about their benefits. We conducted field surveys for halophyte crops in salt marshes across the Northern
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By Joella Korczak, Seawater Solutions Programme Officer A key area of our Ghana operations is mangrove forestry. Mangroves play an extremely important role in tropical environments and social and economic development within them, producing a number of impressive benefits locally: they improve water quality; prevent erosion and protect coastlines by acting as natural sea defences;
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By Mario Ray, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (UK and Pacific Regions) The Salicornia we planted in Malawi in February has not only survived the rainy season’s heavy downpours, but it has also taken well to the sweltering heat of the dry season. We knew Salicornia was a hardy plant but we were not sure
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator We have been focusing a lot on our coastal project in Namibia, turning the desert green with our Integrated Saline Agriculture Systems. But one of our favourite parts of the job is travelling to new places and discovering more about the land, how people live, and some of
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By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) Last week we harvested a batch of Salicornia from our plot in Nha Be district and hosted a small party with a few special guests. The venue was at The Organik House, a specialty vegetarian restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, where the chef prepared an
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