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This one was from Eden’s field station, 13km south of Tanout in the heart of Niger, where the rainy season is in full bloom. Hope you enjoyed!

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Although I only met Maurice a few times, he was very close to me. After our first meeting in Zinder 1988 it would take 22 years for us to meet again, but when we finally did (in December 2009), we simply picked up things were we had left them; as if we had seen each [...]

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Some weeks ago, just before the green of the rainy season set in, I invited fellow Norwegian Katrine (working for the UN) for a ride in the Zinder bush.

With Katrine on Arwen, my dad on Sahara, Habu on Ivory and me on Ebony - it was the first time that all four senior horses of [...]

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One of the most important Eden species is the Hansa bean [boscia senegalensis], whose fruits can be harvested during the entire hot season.

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Despite being the subject of international food racism, this pioneering species has won the heart of the Eden population. Rich in protein, it is consumed both as [...]

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If you can turn a barren field in the heart of West Africa,

into a fruit-bearing Eden Garden,

you have invested in the future.

Your children will grow up eating nutritious fruit,

spending much of their leisure time in the field,

sowing, guarding and harvesting from the trees you have established.

Your Eden Garden will provide activity for every member [...]

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Many of you have wondered about what have been Joy’s intentions in all of this. At the end of the day, however, that is a question only she can answer. But Freeborn’s comment on yesterday’s post Angels & Demons - Raging Obsession sheds some light on the complexity of the situation. In his comment, he [...]

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Although Tanout (the least developed area in Niger) was always Eden’s main target area, villagers from the Zinder bush approaches the project nearly twenty years ago with the desire of setting up their own Eden Gardens, and were given advice on how to do it. As a result, the entire Zinder bush has changed colour, [...]

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Whenever things get rough or crisis occurs, I evaluate the things in life that really matter. Family is one, faith is another. The beloved animals and the endless expanse of the beautiful Zinder bush are some of the highlights that make my everyday life so rich. But at the end of the day, [...]

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The world is full of beautiful skies. These images were sent in from Eden’s field station in Tanout earlier this week, where the research team is busy all season, researching what trees can grow in this arid area and how to best establish them without adding a drop of water or fertiliser. [...]

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While heading up to the field station recently, the Eden research team drove past a number of people working by the roadside.

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They were digging away sand that had accumulated by the roadside; a job that is normally carried out by bulldozers.

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The event was being directed by [...]

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We’ve had little rain at the field station this year. So far, the field station has mostly been visited by the Sahara dust storms.

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Sometimes in Niger, the rainy season starts late.

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Other times, the rainy season is just too short, making it hard for the millet to grow.

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The [...]

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Despite it being the least developed country in the world, I always miss Niger when I’m away.

It doesn’t matter how well functioning my native Sweden is on the outside - I miss the simplicity of the bush, the blueness of the sky, the joy of a stranger’s laughter as we meet for the first time.

I [...]

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In Niger, the rainy season has just recently begun and Eden’s field station is now inhabited by a team of field workers. The new experiments for this year has been sowed (more pictures to follow…) and in the coming weeks, the researching team will monitor the growth of the new plants on a weekly basis, [...]

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