With Africa lagging behind in efforts to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land, widespread use of innovative technologies is critical for success. Land degradation leads to declines in soil fertility and the loss of productivity and ecosystem...
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Researchers show development of value chains is important for restoring degraded land in Kenya. Development of value chains is a key driver for successful implementation of regreening efforts and market access, say researchers from World Agroforestry and...
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Originally published by SciDev Factors such as lack of funding for scale-up are impeding uptake of climate change tech, writes Elizabeth Mwangi. As the world grapples with rising food insecurity and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and...
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World Agroforestry has been working with farmers on adaptation (and mitigation thanks to the deployment of deep-rooted perennials) and sharing the results for many years. Spices and fruit agroforestry in India, ICRAF South Asia Region. Ziziphus mauritiana (also...
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The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry for the two thousand and tens decade is a combined outcome of sound planning and serendipity.
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Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van Noordwijk, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) “Agroforestry” – the practice of having trees as part of farms – is as old as agriculture itself. But as...
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A clear solution to climate change is being largely overlooked This article is part of a Landscape Newsseries on agroforestry, published in partnership with World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in conjunction with the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry. By...
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Favourite foods need agroforestry to survive This article is part of a Landscape Newsseries on agroforestry, published in partnership with World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in conjunction with the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry. By Gabrielle Lipton In Burkina...
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Researchers and NGO heads from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States learn how trees on farms can help fulfil their commitment to the Paris Agreement In May, delegates from as far away as Papua New Guinea braved...
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In seven countries —Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal — women represent approximately 43% of the agricultural labour force but only 8% of agricultural landowners.
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Delegates at Global Soil Week 2019 push for effective land governance, local governance structures, extension services, and finance and markets to ensure sustainable and climate resilient agriculture.
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The biggest advantage of agroforestry is that it can help to mitigate climate change while at the same time contributing to the adaptation agenda. From the mitigation side, agroforestry is the simplest technology in terms of what the farmers —smallholders — can do on their farms.
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Thousands of farmers are set to benefit from land restoration in the drought- and strife-stricken country.
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Success in rejuvenating land through forest-based enterprises has had dramatic outcomes for farmers. In the late afternoon in the highlands of Malawi, the air is chilly as the sun descends. But the welcome is warm. A group of...
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Even without climate change, there is an enormous challenge to meet the growing demand for food with the current status of soil health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
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