Source: Geoff Lawton Greening the desert
I found this short video quite interesting, it is amazing how Geoff Lawton turns this barren and saline part of the desert in the Middle East into lush and productive land. He overcomes centuries of over-grazing and drought which have left this part of the Middle East arid and with high salinity levels.
To reverse this decline Australian permaculture expert Geoff Lawton has embarked on an ambitious project that he calls 'Greening the Desert'.
Using agricultural mulch and water harvesting permaculture techniques he has desalinated enough land to feed a small village of people, restored the soil's fertility and turned a small area of previously arid land near the Jordanian border into an oasis. Lawton is also creating other demonstration sites where he passes on his wisdom to people from as far afield as Afghanistan, Peru and Ghana.
It makes you think what these sort of low budget projects could achieve in terms of self sufficiency and food security in many parts of the world.