Prof. Dr. Willem Van Cotthem

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As a university professor in botanical sciences (University of Ghent, Belgium) I did research in plant morphology and anatomy (mainly stomata). Interested in the social aspects of daily life in the drylands, I developed in 1982-1992 the soil conditioner TerraCottem and set up many humanitarian projects on all the continents to improve the living standards of people in dry regions. In 1992-1995, I the scientist representing Belgium in the 6 sessions of the INCD, an intergovernmental negotiating committee for the purpose of negotiating a desertification convention (UNCCD). In 1994-2006, I was chosen as the representative of the Belgian scientists working on aspects of desertification an...

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Invasive Vegetables? Never heard of!

Cuttings Of Navajo Globe Willow

Bottle Reforestation - A new method to combat desertification

Agroforestry And Container Gardening

No Green Wall without small-scale gardens for women

Child Malnutrition And Gardening

Climate-Resilient Food Crops

Bottle reforestation with Navajo willow

Superbamboo against desertification and drought

Superbamboo Against Desertification And Drought

Superbamboo Against Desertification And Drought

Superbamboo Against Desertification And Drought

Superbamboo Against Desertification And Drought

Superbamboo Against Desertification And Drought

Superbamboo Against Desertification And Drought

Food crops of the future and drought

Container gardening: a simple and cheap method in the combat of desertification and hunger

Food and jatropha, the chicken or the egg

Why are people afraid of introducing new vegetables and fruit trees and fruit trees

Small scale gardening to combat desertification

Survival or victory gardens

Hunger, md gs and sust. strat

Hunger, md gs and sust. strat

Nothing new under the sun

Microfinancing of rural mechanisms

An invitation to 5 billion non-hungry people on earth

Growing food, fodder, oil on saline soils all at once salicornia

Growing food, fodder, oil on saline soils all at once salicornia

Growing food, fodder, oil on saline soils all at once salicornia

Yoghurt pots as mini greenhouses