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May 17, 2013
Landscape management addresses conflict in central Africa

Conflict-sensitive landscape management is proving successful in...

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May 17, 2013
Building climate resilience in the Solomon Islands

A new project in the Choiseul province of the Solomon Islands will see...

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May 17, 2013
New agroforestry initiative for India

An ambitious plan to plant 20 million trees under agroforestry systems...

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May 17, 2013
Climate finance that makes sense to farmers

Agricultural carbon projects involving smallholder farmers can take up...

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May 17, 2013
From obscure forest species towards a globally traded commodity:...

Just over a decade ago the genus Allanblackia was a little-known though...

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May 16, 2013
On the threshold of a national forest transition: can trees on farm...

Programs to support tree planting on-farm are more likely to succeed in...

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On the threshold of a national forest transition: can trees on farm help the Philippines? Programs to support tree planting on-farm are more likely to succeed in areas that are already deforested or where remaining forests are effectively protected, and where farmers have secure land tenure, say Fernando Santos Martin and colleagues in...

May 16, 2013
Deforestation means less not more water for hydropower

Removing trees has often been thought to increase the amount of water...

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May 16, 2013
Coffee growers in Central America may have to diversify

Diversification in coffee genetics, coffee farms and other income...

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May 16, 2013
Agroforestry Day in India

India commemorated National Agroforestry Day on 8 May with the National...

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May 15, 2013
Ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

A meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the UN has heard that...

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May 14, 2013
Farming trees can sustain Africa’s economic growth

Enabling Africa’s farmers to plant trees is the surest way to sustain...

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May 14, 2013
Forests for food security and nutrition conference

The International Conference for Food Security and Nutrition which is...

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May 14, 2013
Helping African farmers adapt to climate change

Actions that can help farmers adapt to climate change was the focus of...

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May 14, 2013
Mahogany in Kenya needs pollinating species

Mahogany, which has declined in recent years in Kenya, could be grown...

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May 14, 2013
Tony Simons, DG ICRAF on the benefits of trees for food security and...

“The emergence of trees 350 million years ago made the planet...

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May 13, 2013
ICT tools working towards climate-smart agriculture

Information and communications technologies, which are becoming more...

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May 11, 2013
Sixth International Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference

The World Agroforestry Centre and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests...

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May 10, 2013
Remaining African forests still threatened

Africa’s forests have largely been destroyed or fragmented and remain...

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May 9, 2013
Food Tank to look at agricultural sustainability

Huffington Post carries an interview with Danielle Nierenberg who...

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May 8, 2013
Agroforestry and SALT in the Philippines explained

Combining reforestation and farming in the Philippines may have several...

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May 7, 2013
Managing climate risks for coffee Uganda

A new project will investigate climate vulnerability across the coffee...

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May 7, 2013
From cocoa to coffee cup: Agribusinesses take a landscape approach to...

Agribusinesses are increasingly aware that “sustainability megaforces...

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May 6, 2013
Can the Great Green Wall counter terrorism?

The Great Green Wall, a revegetated corridor extending from Senegal in...

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May 6, 2013
New UN body to advise on climate technology

SciDev.Net reports on the establishment of the Climate Technology...

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May 4, 2013
Height isn’t everything: Quality tree seedlings for Cameroon

Tree nurseries that have collaborated with the World Agroforestry...

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Height isn’t everything: Quality tree seedlings for Cameroon Tree nurseries that have collaborated with the World Agroforestry Centre produce better quality seedlings than other tree nurseries in Cameroon. This is according to a study by Bertin Takoutsing et al, published in Small-scale Forestry. For decades tree...

May 3, 2013
Dublin meetings discuss direct and indirect potentials of agroforestry

By Oliver Moore Two key food events held in Dublin, Ireland, as part of...

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Dublin meetings discuss direct and indirect potentials of agroforestry By Oliver Moore Two key food events held in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the Irish EU presidency showed up the importance of agroforestry in a number of direct and indirect ways. Agroforestry was prominently promoted at some...

May 2, 2013
Landscape approach allows business to share risks and benefit

A new report from the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative...

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May 1, 2013
Investing in ecosystem services for food security

A new study by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) aims to show how...

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May 1, 2013
Centre becoming carbon neutral

The World Agroforestry Centre has managed to offset 2,161 tonnes of...

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May 1, 2013
Orphan crop gene sequences to be made available

Data being developed by the African Orphan Crop Consortium (AOCC) will...

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