{"id":6375,"date":"2018-10-26T13:42:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/?p=6375"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:42:29","slug":"seed-bombing-project-landscape-research-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/2018\/10\/26\/seed-bombing-project-landscape-research-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Bombing Project :: Landscape Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The laboratory trials investigating different types of seed bombs have just been followed through with a pilot study on the grounds of South Eastern Kenya University,\u00a0in Kitui provence about 150km east of Nairobi. The University has been located specially in a drylands area of Kenya and specialises in drylands issues.\u00a0Over 3000 seed bombs were prepared by 3rd and 4th year students studying in the agriculture and environmental schools with around 50 students participating. A further 5000+ seed bombs were purchased, (made out of biochar) and launched by students.The type of seed bomb and grass\u00a0species was\u00a0marked on a flag which was placed immediately next to the seedbeds so that when germination and sprouting occurs this can be noted. The see bombing occurred\u00a0on the 17th of October. This time period was chosen as it occur just before the \u00a0main rains which commences towards the end of October and end in December. The seed species used is Masai love grass (Eragrostis superba<\/em>) and\u00a0\u200bAfrican fox tail grass (Cenchrus ciliaris).<\/em> Both these species are not present in the seed\u00a0bombed field and thus any siting of these species will mean that the see bombing has been successful.<\/p>\n

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Whilst at SEKU, preliminary discussions were held to initiate an\u00a0aquaponics unit, using the expertise gained from the Aquaponics Lab. on the Stockwell Street roofs.\u00a0Providing fresh produce\u00a0all year round is a significant problem in the drylands of Kenya due to the lack of water.\u00a0 Aquaponics which produces both fish and vegetables using the same recirculated \u00a0water has huge potential to create\u00a0alternative livelihoods where produce can be sold at market and also prove\u00a0food for individual families and communities.\u00a0\u00a0A further\u00a0pilot study\u00a0for underground dry river bed (wadi) water\u00a0storage was initiated. The lack of available\u00a0water in drylands limits\u00a0economic and social capacities in drylands and this novel way of collecting and storing water has huge potential in arid and drylands areas in Kenya and\u00a0around the world.<\/p>\n

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The laboratory trials investigating different types of seed bombs have just been followed through with a pilot study on the grounds of South Eastern Kenya University,\u00a0in Kitui provence about 150km east of Nairobi. The University has been located specially in a drylands area of Kenya and specialises in drylands issues.\u00a0Over 3000 seed bombs were prepared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}