Agroforestry World
About 40% of Cameroon’s territory is covered in forest. Philippe JONG/Shutterstock Serge Mandiefe Piabuo, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF); Divine Foundjem Tita, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and Peter A Minang, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) A quarter of a century...
Originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) When Professor Katherine Gibson opened the Seeds of Change conference in Canberra last week, she asked the more than 200 participants to...
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...
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...
A mushroom research and training programme in Myanmar is aiming to lift farmers out of poverty, improve their diets and slow outward migration. Researchers from the Centre for Mountain Futures, a joint lab with World Agroforestry’s East and...
Former ways have been reviewed and new approaches put forward at a major conference on land restoration in Mali. Land-restoration challenges have been presented in the past, great solutions proposed, and targets set at local, regional, national and...
Researchers, governments and development agencies are hastening to harness the potential of floodwater for securing food security and sustainable livelihoods. Seasonal flooding is largely considered a destructive hazard that disrupts many agricultural activities and livelihoods. However, according to...
Successful land restoration needs human capacity, innovative technologies and mass participation. The countries of the Sahel Region of West Africa are vulnerable to the impact of large-scale environmental and land degradation, poor soil infertility, climate change, population...
Land is being restored in Africa’s dry Sahel region to ensure food security The semi-arid region known as the Sahel stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea between the Sahara Desert and the Sudanian Savannah. Most...
The Framework is helping farmers and governments monitor the progress of regreening efforts and the overall health of their land. The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework has been designed by World Agroforestry to provide a biophysical baseline at landscape...
Smallholder farmers increase yields and incomes through improved agricultural practices, often while also sequestering carbon and/or decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.
On March 8 the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In the Philippines, Cathy Watson interviewed one of ICRAF’s female scientists, Caroline Piñon also called Yuyen. Yuyen: I joined ICRAF after my Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies in...
The Food Tree and Crop Portfolio helps with the selection of food-tree species along with complementary vegetable, pulse and staple crops.
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...