Environmental Networking Platform for Children and Youth by SAMSUNG E&A
Stay connected with Eco-generation :
| Share 
| 
- Home >
- Our Actions >
- World report
11
Comments
Science combatting desertification in Sahel |
|---|
|
by Asmita Gaire | 13-02-2019 14:16
|
|
Barkissa Fofana believes that microbiology is key to making degraded land green and productive again, and she is carrying out research to prove it. “Something has to be done to tackle the environmental problems caused by climate change, desertification and population growth,” says Barkissa from an Acacia field just outside the city of Djibo in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region. Barkissa, a 30-year old microbiologist at Burkina Faso’s Institute for Environmental and Agricultural Research (INERA), is particularly interested in the role of micro-organisms in solving these problems. Take the example of nitrogen fixation, she says. There are bacteria capable of transforming nitrogen gas in the air into nitrogen compounds that can be used by plants as a natural fertiliser. Some of these bacteria are symbiotic: they enter a plant through its roots and make nitrogen available for the host plant to grow. The field of Acacia trees is her testing ground. Here she is monitoring the development of these gum-producing trees, which have been inoculated with different natural, symbiotic bacteria and fungi. She wants to find out if, and how, they help the trees to become more resistant to drought, grow better and produce more gum. |
|
|
|
|
|
Previous : The future of food society 
11 Comments
Greetings basanta
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this compliments
Regards
Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:02
Greetings ishma
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this compliments
Regards
Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:02
Greetings hema
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this compliments
Regards
Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:02
Greetings susmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this compliments
Regards
Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:02
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
This is a nice article
Thank you so much for this report.
Keep writing
Green cheers!
Regards
Hema
Posted 18-03-2020 11:10
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this great report
I hope to read more from you!
Green cheers
Regards
Ishma
Posted 17-03-2020 12:06
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope to read more from you.
Keep up with great works
Green cheers
Regards
Basanta
Posted 16-03-2020 10:17
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
Nice
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Waiting for your next report
Thank you
Green cheers
Regards
Susmita
Posted 13-03-2020 11:46
Okay
@muskan and @kushal dai
Posted 14-02-2019 01:07
Thanks for the report Asmita.
Keep writing! :)
Posted 14-02-2019 00:53
Thank you describing about the Science combatting desertification in Sahel.
Keep writing great reports.
Green Cheers :) :)
Posted 14-02-2019 00:02