Agroforestry World
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...
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...
When trees and crops are successfully farmed together, agroforestry does provide a wealth of environmental, social and economic benefits.
Charcoal production in much of Africa is not only a major source of energy but also often illegal because of its apparent association with deforestation. In this first of our new series of feature articles, we go...
“Agroforestry” – the practice of having trees as part of farms – is as old as agriculture itself. But as a field of scientific enquiry and policy making, it’s now marking its 40th birthday.
The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry for the two thousand and tens decade is a combined outcome of sound planning and serendipity.
The updated Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a ‘one-stop shop’ to retrieve data about plant species across a wide range of information sources. The Switchboard supports research into trees and for tree-based development, such as agroforestry planting and wider...
Photos from around the planet show World Agroforestry’s work with farmers on climate change, food and nutrition security, adoption of agroforestry, development of policies, and strengthening vulnerable countries and populations. AGROFORESTRY AND CLIMATE CHANGE World Agroforestry has...
By World Agroforestry West Africa Zero deforestation, improved livelihoods and business prospects and a restored environment are underway in the African nation through a successful partnership of government, private business, researchers and communities. For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has...
Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations works with the Consortium to assist its member countries. The African Orphan Crops Consortium is an...
A new study argues that there are five key success factors that need to be considered during the design of collaborative research-for-development projects and a further 10 key success factors that should be considered during project implementation, in...
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...
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...