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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Researchers Hope to make desert Bloom i by Latty Hedi Zerfung Ouagadougou upper Voita a dream is to Roll Back the Sahara and turn West Africa s drought stricken nations into a Lush Green Belt of productive crop land and pasture. Some see the Day when the dust bowls stretching from Mauritania and Senegal to Chad will become the vegetable Garden of Europe and a major source of beef for a world faced with growing shortages of meat. The dream Calls for giant dams to harness the Senegal and niger Rivers and provide Power modern irrigation sys tems to water the parched land and Forest halt the Southern Advance of the desert. The ultimate goal is to transform the Rural subsist Tance economies of six of the world s most backward nation into modern cattle ranches space age farms and Allied agro industries. It would Cost billions of Dol 1 a r s take years to accomplish and require a social revolution Only a major catastrophe such As a devas Tating drought might make possible. Experts who met in sep tember in this hot and Dusty Max Stemm and Smi i auction Sale under Section 88 of the Bank act of almost new Complete conveyor systems with double Teetlok of Chain driven v . Motor with reverse and Forward drive compressor with motor air tank hoses air gun and new paint Spray Bomotti at the Roar of 334 notre St. Boniface. Friday oct. 12th at . And continued at . R at 309 Carlton Street of. V s framed Oil paintings 53 Gilt in various 2 Copper tooled 42 cans of Ira Thame Plua related to making. A k. Steiman h. H. Sleiman Ait ionian voluble is capital Are buzzing with ideas for the future but they differ on How and whether it can be done. The experts joined representatives of the world s major donor countries and agencies at a six nation sum Mit conference on the drought that has wiped out crops destroyed millions of cattle goats and sheep and left Mil Lions of people dependent on Relief supplies from abroad to escape starvation. Of state from Sene Gal Mauritania Mali upper Volta and niger and a representative of president fran Cis Tombal Baye of six worst hit de Tolje Summit. There were also delegated from Canada the United states the nations of Europe the United nations and its a g e n c i e s private Relief illustrated aft marbel1te for free Young s memorials main St. Wpc., Man. Re s38-j93j 134-6022 Sears we service what we sell coast to coast. Each Kenmore Range is covered by dependable labour and parts warranties plus Sears exclusive Satis faction or Money guarantee. Charge your Kenmore Oft your All purpose account. 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Photographs taken by the Earth resources technology satellite for exam ple can help spot underground water a Jordan desert Farmed Qasir Kallabat Jordan a landscape near this desert Village an hour s drive Northwest of Amman is Dusty scrub and Brown Rock but suddenly like a Mirage a strip of Leafy Trees looms on the horizon. It is a wind Belt protecting Lush Green Fields from the Strong winds which scour this area of King Hussein s King Dom. Powerful sprinklers Are spewing water Over Fields of Alfalfa. V overlooking a desert Vista that runs Down to mud Flats stands Sherif Nasser Ben Jamil the King s Uncle and former commander in chief of Jordan s armed forces. Dressed in working trousers mud covered boots and a safari jacket he is supervising planting second of his unique desert farming Experiment. One year ago this was Rocky uncut Vatable he said. Now we have Wells pipes pumps Power units and sprinklers in place and workers Are planting nearly donuts with Cotton Pota toes onions and summer vege table four donuts make one acre. In the first stage donuts were recovered. There Are also Breeding ewes and when the farm reaches its final size in another year this embryonic flock will grow to the farm will play an important role in do m e s t1 e protein production aimed at reducing Jordan s ugh food imports which currently run at Over million a year. The sheep Art herded by be Douin tribesmen whom Nasser has settled on his land. At present there Are 427 families living on the estate which is run As. A co operative. Each family has its own plot. But while the bedouin have found it easy to Herd their traditional flock of sheep cattle herding presents a problem we Are seeking to establish a dual purpose cattle Herd for meat and Nasser said but the bedouin Are reluctant to learn How to handle what to them is a strange Stuffy archives taboo Edmonton up the Al Berta provincial museum and archives does t look like a museum. A n i n t pinball machines take a pounding at a Nickel a play. Old school Bells and artefacts can be handled. Guides demonstrate quilting and spin Jig. We re moving away from the Rof museums As 11 m is tone says museum director Ray Harrison. If you re not moving with the Community what Good Are the museum has expanded its Appeal since opening six years ago to encourage More participation by visitors More demonstrations and increased use by organizations As the ethnic groups that present concerts every sunday. A museum on wheels t h n t will travel throughout Alberta is planned As Well As exhibitions in cities outside the prov Ince. "as1 a provincial museum our Community is the whole or. Harrison. The museum is an orientation Centre for the province. When you leave it you should enjoy the rest province because of what you have Learned about there s still an australian accent when or. Harrison Speaks. He says that from the minute he stepped ashore in Victoria in 1950 Hjelt there was something unique in can Ada and its cultural Environ he has always been interested in museums and during a round the world trip in 1954 he decided to move into the Field. Underwater stay Short Miami porpoises can stay underwater about five minutes without breathing but usually surface for air about once a minute. Ciliate crop production estimates and pinpoint Popula Tion centres in relation to water resources. Cloud seeding experiments Are under Way in niger where it is hoped weather control can help assure steady rain fall where rain is usually spotty at also proposed Are powerful fertilizers More seed varieties modern Range management and better med ical care of livestock. Some experts say. It will take More than funds new dams and modern gadgetry for the Effort to succeed. Urbanization in recent years marked by great migrations from the farms to the cities has tipped the food balance. The Urban population needs increasing amounts of food that diminishing numbers of Farmers linked to their traditional and failing subsistence level of food production can not Supply. The lifestyle of nomadic herdsmen who were dealt a c r i n a blow when the eyes contacts Blob cont a Nonio m. N. Decker . drought destroyed their cattle will also have to change says the in food and Agri culture organization. The question of whether or not the potential donor nations of the Western world can agree on a joint regional Aid approach is Many meet Ings from being answered.1 so is the question of whether the six countries All former French colonies can put aside their nationalism Long enough to co ordinate efforts to combat drought in the re Gion. It s possible in human and technical terms to make the Region says Flaurice Williams president Nixon s special coordinator for drought Relief. But because of its Lack of re sources and strategic value will the richest nations in the world pitch in sufficiently to restore a Region that has nothing to offer now but its poverty end denture misery ruins dentures beautifully Miracle Plisic Dent we refits Loose dentures in five Man mis. This Cushion of Comfort anything laugh talk even in cute without no More food particles under plates. Sentori telunts for months. Ends daily bother of powder paste or pads. Just remove when refit is needed. Tasteless. 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