Changing lives and landscapes
I first visited the Talensi-Nabdam district in Ghana in July 2009. I was there to run a workshop with community leaders on Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), the reforestation method that I had stumbled upon while living in Niger back in 1983.
Leading experts and representatives of major agricultural organizations worldwide – including Tony Simons, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre -were asked to identify the most important questions facing the future of global agriculture.
Multi-benefit farming systems – such as agroforestry – should be encouraged to enable more productive and resilient livelihoods and ecosystems. This is one of several recommendations in the Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change summary report for policy makers released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. The report contains [...]
The CGIAR’s Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security program has published a valuable summary of current knowledge on options to support farmers, particularly smallholder farmers, in achieving food security through agriculture under climate change. Published in the latest issue of the journal, Environmental Science and Policy, the paper says broad-based action – integrated research, policy [...]
Bioversity International has released a series of excellent booklets on priority African tree species such as the Baobab and the Shea Butter tree, complementing the Agroforestree database; both aim to provide information on important species that are native to sub-Saharan Africa.
With the continuing horrific situation in the Horn of Africa, media, NGOs and other have been coming to us saying things like “surely there’s a huge role for agroforestry there to transform these landscapes and ensure the viability of farming in dryland areas”. It seems agroforestry is increasingly being viewed as a solution to agricultural [...]
