Trees nurture nutrition
The Food Tree and Crop Portfolio helps with the selection of food-tree species along with complementary vegetable, pulse and staple crops.
Árboles en Finca: un cambio para la biodiversidad en Honduras
6 de noviembre de 2018. El objetivo de nuestro nuevo proyecto Árboles en Finca es identificar y apoyar enfoques innovadores para integrar a los árboles en los paisajes agrícolas. Especialmente, en los países tropicales en desarrollo...
Trees on farms in Honduras: a chance for biodiversity
Among the cattle ranches, mountainous natural forests and smallholdings of Catacamas, Honduras, researcher Yves Zinngrebe encounters farmers with both large and small holdings who are interested in the Trees on Farms for Biodiversity project and its transformative...
Land restoration is a strategic investment in Ethiopia
Productive land leads to many benefits but achieving productivity needs a change of thinking.
2.5 million hectares pledged to be restored in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have pledged to put millions of hectares under restoration by 2030.
Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry: impact on ASEAN
The Group brought together experts from ASEAN and beyond to provide critical input to key regional guiding documents The Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry for Food and Nutrition Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Land Restoration was formed in early...
Why planting trees on farms benefits farmers under a changing climate
Shifting from conventional farms to agroforestry farms brings various benefits to communities as they face the threat of a changing climate. Agroforestry, the practice of planting trees and crops in the same area, may serve as a sustainable...
Agricultural innovation in the mountains: a new direction
The Mountain Futures Innovation Platform in Yunnan, China is a new way to better understand upland landscapes for sustainable development. The Mountain Futures Innovation Platform was inaugurated on 11 January 2019 by World Agroforestry and the...
We can forecast weather and prepare our farm better
‘When the mountain turns pink, with the clouds rising along its top, and the goats eat more, it will rain.’ By Tran Ha My, Elisabeth Simelton, Le Thi Tam For thousands of years, the farmers...
ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development set to revolutionize land use in Southeast Asia
The endorsement of the Guidelines by the region’s ministers of agriculture and forestry paves the way for implementation to restore degraded landscapes, improve food security and livelihoods, enhance farmers’ resilience and meet nationally determined contributions to...
Trees on farms contributing to post-2020 biodiversity framework
As countries wrapped up discussion at CBD COP 14 in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, the Trees on Farms for Biodiversity team reflected on what was needed to accelerate action towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and to contribute...
Challenging gender norms around trees and land restoration in West Africa: can research be transformative?
Trees are important sources of income for many women in the drylands of West Africa, yet women often have little say in decisions about how land and trees are managed or how household income is used. This story...
Operationalizing the Agroforestry Strategy and Plan for Rwanda
Agroforestry will help the country meet its land-restoration targets. Rwanda was the first African country to declare a target for land restoration, aiming for 2 million hectares by 2030, equivalent to 76% of its total land...
Trees on farms: a biodiversity assessment tool
Researchers have created a new tool to measure biological diversity in farm land, which will prove useful for the purposes of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The United Nations Biodiversity Conference held 17–29 November 2018 in...