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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.

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Bangladesh / Benin / Commodities / Costa Rica / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Extension Activities / India / Indonesia / Knowledge Sharing / Laos / Nigeria / Panama / Philippines / Plant Propagation / Productivity / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG09-Infrastructure and Industrialization / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / Silviculture / Solomon, Islands / Supply And Demand / Thailand / Togo / Trees

by · 11 Nov, 2017

The significance of planted teak for smallholders

  Teak is one of the most sought-after hardwoods in the world. A substantial amount is grown by smallholders in Latin America, Africa and Asia, who need help to improve production.   James M. Roshetko and Aulia Perdana of...

Burkina Faso / Burundi / Ethiopia / Ghana / Kenya / Livelihoods / Malawi / Niger / Nigeria / Senegal / Small Farmers / Swaziland / Tanzania / Uganda

by · 12 Jul, 2017

GEF-funded program on resilient food security targets smallholder farmers in 12 African countries

Africa’s population is expected to double from 1.26 billion today to over two and half billion by 2050, little more than 30 years from now. At the same time, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and the effects of...

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...

Kurniatun Hairiah, Ibu Cho

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Capacity Building / Indonesia / Knowledge Sharing / Natural Resource Management / Nigeria / Participation / Partnerships / Soil Fertility / Soil Sciences

by · 14 Apr, 2015

ICRAF partner ranked in top ten of Indonesia’s scientists

The best scientists in the three most populous countries of the world—China, India and the USA—don’t necessarily work on agroforestry but in the fourth-most populous country—Indonesia—ICRAF is proud to have a direct relationship with the second highest-ranking scientist,...