Agroforestry World

Agroforestry World

Rob Finlayson

Robert Finlayson is the Southeast Asia program's regional communications specialist. As well as writing stories for the Centre's website, he devises and supervises strategies for projects and the countries in the Southeast Asia region, including scripting and producing videos, supervising editors and translators and also assisting with resource mobilization.

oil palm, seedlings, Sulawesi, Photo Nichola Mitakda

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Asia / Capacity Building / Climate Change / Commodities / Commodities and Markets / Conservation / crops / CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / CRP2.1-Effective Policies and Strategic Investments / CRP2.2- Inclusive Governance and Institutions / CRP4-Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health / CRP4.4-Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Programs and Policies / CRP5-Water, Land and ecosystems / CRP5.1-Decision Analysis / CRP5.2-Agro-ecosystem health / CRP5.3-Soil Health Surveillance / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRP6.3-Landscape management for environmental services, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods / CRPs / Fertilizer / Food Safety / Food Security / Governance / ICRAF Subjects / Indonesia / Information Management / Knowledge And Information Systems / Knowledge Sharing / Land Degradation / Land Use / Livelihoods / Natural Resource Management / Partnerships / People and Society / Philippines / Planning / Policies / Poverty / Regions / Science Domains / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / SD4-Land health decisions / SD5-Environmental Services / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG03-Health and population dynamics / SDG06-Water and sanitation / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / Soil Fertility / Soil Sciences / Sustainable development Goals SDG / Viet Nam

by · 24 Apr, 2015

Indonesian agriculture isn’t as ‘green’ as planned

Indonesia’s agricultural policies aim to reduce the environmental footprint but actions are incomplete, creating a gap between aspirations and reality   Indonesia has embraced sustainable agriculture through a variety of national strategies, such as National Agenda 21, national...

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Analysis / Asia / Commodities and Markets / CRP1.2-Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics / CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / CRP2.1-Effective Policies and Strategic Investments / CRP2.2- Inclusive Governance and Institutions / CRP4-Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health / CRP4.1-Value Chains for Enhanced Nutrition / CRP4.4-Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Programs and Policies / CRP5-Water, Land and ecosystems / CRP5.2-Agro-ecosystem health / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRP6.1-Livelihood systems / CRP6.2-Management and conservation of forest and tree resources / CRP6.3-Landscape management for environmental services, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods / CRP6.4-Climate change adaptation and mitigation / CRP6.5-Impacts of trade and investment on forests and people / CRP7-Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security / CRP7.4-Integration for Decision Making / CRPs / Food Security / Forest Products / Genetic Resources / Governance / ICRAF Subjects / Knowledge And Information Systems / Livelihoods / Natural Resource Management / Partnerships / People and Society / Planning / Policies / Poverty / Regions / Science Domains / SD1-Systems Science / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SD4-Land health decisions / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG06-Water and sanitation / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development / Soil Sciences / Solutions / Statistics / Sustainable development Goals SDG / Trees Domestication / Viet Nam

by · 16 Apr, 2015

A national agroforestry policy is an imperative for Viet Nam

Despite clear evidence of agroforestry’s potential to address environmental degradation, food insecurity and poverty, there is no national agroforestry policy in Viet Nam. One is sorely needed, say researchers   Numerous agroforestry systems have been tested in Viet...