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Lydia Spilsbury

Lydia Spilsbury is a communications intern for the Eastern and Southern Africa regional office and is based at the headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. She provides communication support at both programme and country levels, producing communication materials, covering events and writing blogs and success stories. She has been with ICRAF since January 2019 and holds a Master's degree in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh

Adaptation / Agriculture/Agroforestry / Biodiversity / Capacity Building / Carbon / Commodities / Conservation / FMNR / Food Security / Forest / Forest Products / fuelwood / Hydrology / Knowledge Sharing / Land Degradation / Land Rehabilitation / Livelihoods / Malawi / Nutrition / Poverty / Processing / Productivity / resilience / SD1-Systems Science / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / 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 / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / Silviculture / Soil Fertility / Trees / Water / Women / Youth

by · 23 Jul, 2019

‘Income that surpasses the waiting’: in dire need of trees, Malawi tries woodlots, bees, bamboo

Success in rejuvenating land through forest-based enterprises has had dramatic outcomes for farmers. In the late afternoon in the highlands of Malawi, the air is chilly as the sun descends. But the welcome is warm. A group of...

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...

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Capacity Building / Climate Change / Climate Change Blogs / Commodities / Commodities and Markets / Conferences / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRPs / Extension Activities / Land Rehabilitation / Livelihoods / Natural Resource Management / Partnerships / People and Society / Rural People / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development / Trees Domestication / Youth

by · 9 Dec, 2015

Private companies partner with small producers to create sustainable supply chains of the future

Leveraging their buying power and financial resources, companies are working to create the sustainable supply chains we need in a changing climate. Ones in which farmers and companies prosper together. Where farmers will produce more using ecologically sound...

Agropastoral Systems / Climate / Climate Change / Climate Change Blogs / CRP7-Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security / Fertilizer / Food Security / Livelihoods / Livestock / Nutrition / People and Society / Permaculture / resilience / Rural People / SD6-Climate Change / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / Silviculture / Small Farmers / Soil Fertility / Viet Nam / Women / Youth

by · 30 Nov, 2015

Farming worms for climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam

Twenty-three farmers from My Loi village in Viet Nam were recently trained in vermiculture—raising worms on farms to produce fertilizer and improve soil. Vermicomposting will help the farmers improve one of their priority ‘climate-smart agriculture’ interventions—home gardens. Inspired...