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.

Adaptation / Agriculture/Agroforestry / Agropastoral Systems / Agrosylvopastoral Systems / ASEAN / Biodiversity / Capacity Building / Climate / Commodities and Markets / Conservation / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Disaster risk reduction / Extension Activities / Food Security / fuelwood / Germplasm / Governance / Information Resources / Knowledge Sharing / Land Degradation / Land Rehabilitation / Land Use / Landscape / Livelihoods / Livestock / Medicinal Plants / Mitigation / Nutrition / Participation / Planning / Poverty / Productivity / Reforestation / resilience / Rural People / 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 / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG03-Health and population dynamics / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG06-Water and sanitation / SDG07-Energy / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG09-Infrastructure and Industrialization / SDG10-Promote equality among nations / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / Seeds / Soil Fertility / Solutions / Species / Tenure / Trees / Water / Wildlife / Women / Youth

by · 16 Jan, 2019

ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development set to revolutionize land use in Southeast Asia

    The endorsement of the Guidelines by the region’s ministers of agriculture and forestry paves the way for implementation to restore degraded landscapes, improve food security and livelihoods, enhance farmers’ resilience and meet nationally determined contributions to...

Dr Happiness Osebele, geneticist and mother of five, one of 29 senior plant breeders from around Africa attending the African Plant Breeding Academy in July 2016 at ICRAF. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Catharine Watson

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Biodiversity / Biotechnology / Capacity Building / Certification / Conservation / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRP6.1-Livelihood systems / CRP6.2-Management and conservation of forest and tree resources / CRP6.5-Impacts of trade and investment on forests and people / Extension Activities / Food Security / Food Trees / Forest / Forest Products / Genetic Resources / Germplasm / Knowledge Sharing / Medicinal Plants / Natural Resource Management / Nigeria / Plant Propagation / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development / Seeds / Silviculture / Solutions / Species / Tree domestication / Trees / Women

by · 23 Jul, 2016

How Happiness is breeding plants for Africa’s future

  Plant breeders are improving food plants and building a more food-secure future for Africa. One has been working at it all her life despite early challenges.   A plant breeder called Happiness spent 17 months trying to...

Adaptation / Africa - Central / Africa - Eastern / Africa-West / Agriculture/Agroforestry / Climate / Climate Change / Climate Change Blogs / CRP1.2-Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics / CRP2-Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor / CRP2.3-Linking Small Producers to Markets / CRP4-Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRP7-Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security / CRP7.3-Pro-Poor Climate Change Mitigation / Food Security / Food Trees / Forest Products / Fruit / Greenhouse Gases (Ghg) / Land Rehabilitation / Medicinal Plants / Mitigation / Natural Resource Management / Nuts / People and Society / Plant Propagation / Processing / resilience / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG13-Climate change / Small Farmers / Soil Fertility / Tree domestication

by · 9 Dec, 2015

With trees on farms, climate-change mitigation is a co-benefit of broader socioeconomic gains

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...

Africa - Eastern / Children / CRP4-Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health / Food Security / Food Trees / Genetic Resources / Kenya / Knowledge Sharing / Large Farmers / Medicinal Plants / Natural Resource Management / Nutrition / People and Society / Plant Propagation / Rural People / SD1-Systems Science / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / Small Farmers / Tree domestication

by · 1 Aug, 2015

Unlocking the potential of sustainable agroforestry practices: Farmers meet ICRAF staff at agricultural fair

It’s a bright morning on Wednesday 24 June, 2015 and the four-day Agricultural Society of Kenya (A.S.K) Show in Machakos has just began. This is arguably the most popular agricultural and trade exhibition in the semi-arid region of...