Agroforestry World
Meine van Noordwijk
Meine van Noordwijk is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the World Agroforestry Centre. He joined the organization in 1993. Dr van Noordwijk guided the global integration of the Centre’s science and co-led ICRAF's global research program on environmental services. He also participated in a number of bilateral projects and is professor of agroforestry at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
A forest tree is being domesticated that produces a substance as valuable as gold. But it’s not as simple as it might seem. Domestication of forest products that are overharvested in the wild is expected to...
Chamka, the traditional and diverse farming system of Cambodia, is at risk from expansion of new cash crops, particularly, cashew plantations. How is this affecting the food security of the people? Chamka describes a mixed, upland rice...
The Southeast Asia region of the World Agroforestry Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary with a knowledge-sharing seminar in Bogor, Indonesia
Trees in, and around, rice fields help farmers’ become more resilient to climate change, improve their incomes and protect the environment. A new practical manual helps guide farmers in Southeast Asia, the rice bowl of the world....
Scientists are analysing the transition from swidden agriculture to other land uses and how this affects farmers’ livelihoods and services provided by ecosystems Part 1 of the changing story of swidden agriculture. Read parts 2 and 3...
Researchers have looked at differences between how farmers and research institutions, such as the World Agroforestry Centre, characterise agroforestry systems. They found a gap, which could be limiting opportunities, productivity and food security. In the course of...
Governments and communities are finding it easier to work together to create a sustainable, climate-friendly Southeast Asia thanks to a suite of ‘tools’ that support negotiations over land use, says Robert Finlayson This year, 2013, the World Agroforestry...
A new book that outlines the Southeast Asia’s research history of the last 20 years and showcases each country’s research highlights of the last two years, has been published as part of the Centre’s anniversary celebrations, says Robert...
A georeferenced database of threatened species becomes imperative as human activities encroach more and more on fragile ecosystems, say Lawrence T. Ramos, Alfie M Torres, Florencia B. Pulhin and Rodel Lasco of the Forestry Development Center at the...
By Robert Finlayson Schemes that reward poor farmers for protecting the environment can succeed if they meet several conditions, say scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre in Indonesia. Scientists, governments and civil society organizations have been working together...