Agroforestry World
Rodrigo Ciannella
Rodrigo Ciannella is Programme Officer–Biofuels, at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). He has more than seven years of global professional experience based in Brazil, Italy, India and Kenya, spanning from the private financial sector to the international development arena, including with FAO, IFAD and the CGIAR. Working at ICRAF for the last four years, he contributed to the design and management of a USD 3.5 million multi-stakeholder project that promotes alternative bioenergy sources for improving livelihoods in Asia, Latin America and Africa. He is an economist with an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK.
A group of 50 bioenergy experts from around the world met between 31 October and 2 November 2016 in São Paulo, Brazil to discuss the challenges and opportunities for developing sustainable bioenergy in Latin America and Africa. I...
In Europe and the US, shea butter or oil is a famous skin cream. But shea is even more important as the main cooking oil for the band of 21 African countries that stretches West to East from...
In a ‘Letter to the Editor’ published in the Guardian Development Blog, Professor Roger Leakey urges a closer look at agroforestry’s potential as a pathway for both mitigating climate change and fighting hunger, malnutrition and poverty. Leakey, who...
A billion people worldwide depend on forests and trees for balanced diets and sustainable incomes. About one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger, with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. Forests and...
Ricinodendron heudelotii, locally known as Njansang (or njansa), is a forest tree found in Cameroon and other countries along Africa’s tropical belt. Women and children traditionally collect njansang fruit in the forest and undertake the labourious, time-intensive job...
Land degradation owing to monocropping is the main reason for reduced agricultural productivity in Northwest Viet Nam. But after four years of agroforestry research, results show positive signs for farmers. Monocropping of annuals—such as maize, rice and...