Journalists from sub-Saharan Africa are invited to submit original...
read moreFaced with increasing rainfall variability – especially continuous,...
read moreA new study co-authored by scientists from the World Agroforestry...
read moreA blog post on the Clinton Foundation’s website tells the story of...
read moreFinalists in the Innovation Prize for Africa include an agroforestry...
read moreA new statement by the European Commission recognizes that agriculture...
read moreIn an effort to curb deforestation in the Thylo district of Malawi, 4...
read moreProducing more cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire is one thing, but the cocoa also...
read moreThe East Africa (EA) Region conducted a three day Annual Staff Planning...
read moreThe Strengthening Rural Institutions (SRI) Project conducted a Focal...
read moreBy Claude Adjehi and Daisy Ouya Around two years ago when the Vision...
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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...
In an effort to reduce the share of the world's population living in...
read moreMangoes, when in season, are available in copious amounts and...
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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,...
The growing trade in medicinal tree and shrub material in Kenya may be...
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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...
A $72 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will...
read moreAfter its first full year of operation, the Consultative Group on...
read moreA new agroforestry initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
read moreIndia needs to embrace a landscape approach to agriculture that...
read moreThe state of Punjab in India is set to replace vast areas of paddy with...
read moreOil palm provides opportunities for people to improve their incomes....
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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...
A price premium between 28% and 30% would have to be offered to entice...
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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...
A post on the Greenpeace blog asks what alternatives are there to the...
read moreA new Women’s Carbon Standard has been launched to consider – for the...
read moreVillagers in the West African Sahel know what has changed their...
read moreA conference on hunger, nutrition and climate justice being held in...
read moreTreeless fields of wheat haven’t always been the common image of...
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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...
Marie Persson of the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) engaged three...
read moreThe Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi (AgFor) project works for...
read moreThe 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...
By Oliver Moore What are the natural resource challenges the planet...
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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,...
Smallholder farmers in Haiti are in urgent need of assistance to grow...
read moreWorld Agroforestry (ICRAF) is a centre of science and development excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment. Leveraging the world’s largest repository of agroforestry science and information, we develop knowledge practices, from farmers’ fields to the global sphere, to ensure food security and environmental sustainability...read more
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