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April 30, 2013
Media competition to focus on African women in agriculture

Journalists from sub-Saharan Africa are invited to submit original...

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April 29, 2013
From local knowledge to national policy: how can China’s mountain...

Faced with increasing rainfall variability – especially continuous,...

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April 27, 2013
Climate adaptation through agroforestry in Vietnam

A new study co-authored by scientists from the World Agroforestry...

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April 27, 2013
Success story for agroforestry cooperatives in Haiti

A blog post on the Clinton Foundation’s website tells the story of...

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April 27, 2013
Agroforestry project in finals for Africa Innovation prize

Finalists in the Innovation Prize for Africa include an agroforestry...

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April 26, 2013
EC calls for action on climate change

A new statement by the European Commission recognizes that agriculture...

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April 26, 2013
Agroforestry and afforestation in Thylo, Malawi

In an effort to curb deforestation in the Thylo district of Malawi, 4...

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April 26, 2013
Quality not just quantity important for cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire

Producing more cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire is one thing, but the cocoa also...

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April 26, 2013
Eastern Africa Region Annual Staff Planning Meeting

The East Africa (EA) Region conducted a three day Annual Staff Planning...

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April 26, 2013
Strengthening Rural Institutions Project Focal Point Persons Workshop

The Strengthening Rural Institutions (SRI) Project conducted a Focal...

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April 25, 2013
Grafted cocoa wows farmers and visitors at Petit Bondoukou

By Claude Adjehi and Daisy Ouya Around two years ago when the Vision...

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Grafted cocoa wows farmers and visitors at Petit Bondoukou By Claude Adjehi and Daisy Ouya Around two years ago when the Vision for Change cocoa project opened up a centre in Petit Bondoukou village in Côte d’Ivoire, local farmers were invited to participate in field trials aimed...

April 25, 2013
Major development agencies call for sustainable economic growth

In an effort to reduce the share of the world's population living in...

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April 24, 2013
Litchi: A new yet old fruit tree for Kenya

  Mangoes, when in season, are available in copious amounts and...

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Litchi tree in fruit in Reunion - Photo by Parveen Anjarwalla/ICRAF   Mangoes, when in season, are available in copious amounts and varieties all over Kenya. But litchi, another exotic tree fruit, is always scarce. Imported and found exclusively in the most upmarket greengrocers and specialty stores in Nairobi,...

April 24, 2013
Traditional medicine unsustainable in Kenya

The growing trade in medicinal tree and shrub material in Kenya may be...

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Traditional medicine unsustainable in Kenya The growing trade in medicinal tree and shrub material in Kenya may be threatening many wild species. This will greatly impact more than two thirds of Kenyans who rely on traditional medicines for primary health care in a...

April 24, 2013
Funding boost for forestry and agroforestry in Brazil

A $72 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will...

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April 24, 2013
Centre research on track and making a difference

After its first full year of operation, the Consultative Group on...

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April 24, 2013
New initiative in DRC for renewable energy through agroforestry

A new agroforestry initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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April 24, 2013
Boosting India’s rural economy through agroforestry

India needs to embrace a landscape approach to agriculture that...

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April 23, 2013
Agroforestry to replace paddy in Punjab

The state of Punjab in India is set to replace vast areas of paddy with...

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April 22, 2013
Oil palm plantations in Indonesia: are they sustainable?

Oil palm provides opportunities for people to improve their incomes....

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Oil palm, Indonesia, sustainability Oil palm provides opportunities for people to improve their incomes. However, oil palm expansion is accompanied by environmental costs, rapid immigration, urbanization and a challenge to food supply. It is these indirect effects that bring into question long-term...

April 22, 2013
What price organic cocoa in Ghana?

A price premium between 28% and 30% would have to be offered to entice...

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What price organic cocoa in Ghana? A price premium between 28% and 30% would have to be offered to entice cocoa producers in Ghana to grow cocoa organically. This is according to a study by Mahrizal et al published in Horticultural Science.  Credit to...

April 22, 2013
Agroforestry an alternative to exploitation in Cameroon

A post on the Greenpeace blog asks what alternatives are there to the...

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April 20, 2013
Women to benefit through a new carbon standard

A new Women’s Carbon Standard has been launched to consider – for the...

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April 20, 2013
Local knowledge vital to climate adaptation in the Sahel

Villagers in the West African Sahel know what has changed their...

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April 20, 2013
Smallholder farmers get a voice at international climate justice...

A conference on hunger, nutrition and climate justice being held in...

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April 19, 2013
The trouble with agriculture and how to fix it

Treeless fields of wheat haven’t always been the common image of...

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Boab tree, crops, Burkina Faso, conservation agriculture with trees, Africa, agroforestry Treeless fields of wheat haven’t always been the common image of agriculture. For most of human history, agriculture took place amidst trees. It’s time to put the trees back, say Meine van Noordwijk, Dennis Garrity and Delia Catacutan...

April 19, 2013
Agroforestry for sustainable intensification of agriculture

Marie Persson of the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) engaged three...

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April 18, 2013
Are women better custodians of biodiversity?

The Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi (AgFor) project works for...

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The Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi (AgFor) project works for improved, sustainable and gender-equitable use of agroforestry and forestry products. Improving smallholder systems and markets through projects emphasizing the productivity and sustainability of forestry and agroforestry, is a...

April 17, 2013
Natural resources challenges to future food security

By Oliver Moore What are the natural resource challenges the planet...

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Food systems at risk. Image courtesy of FAO By Oliver Moore What are the natural resource challenges the planet faces in a food security context? And how should researchers respond? This is the question Frank Place (ICRAF) and Alexandre Meybeck (FAO) posed at the Food Security Futures conference,...

April 17, 2013
Haiti needs sustainable agriculture

Smallholder farmers in Haiti are in urgent need of assistance to grow...

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