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November 23, 2012
Humidtropics project to address poverty and land degradation

The World Agroforestry Centre is one of several partners in a new...

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November 23, 2012
Five ways agroforestry helps farmers adapt to climate change

By Kristi Foster We know that agroforestry can provide a range of...

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November 23, 2012
How is REDD+ doing in Africa?

By Kristi Foster and Daisy Ouya Reducing Emissions from Deforestation...

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November 22, 2012
ICRAF regional office on national radio

A news broadcast aired on 21st November 2012 on Cameroon Radio and...

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November 22, 2012
Agroforestry program announced for Haiti

The Jamaica Observer reports on an agreement that will see technical...

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November 22, 2012
Trees help Philippines mitigate climate change

In the province of Ilocos Sur in The Philippines, a massive tree...

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November 21, 2012
Getting trees into farmers’ fields

Ann Degrande, Patrick Tadjo, Bertin Takoutsing, Ebenezar Asaah, Alain...

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Getting trees into farmers’ fields Ann Degrande, Patrick Tadjo, Bertin Takoutsing, Ebenezar Asaah, Alain Tsobeng and Zac Tchoundjeu report on the success of rural nurseries in distributing high  quality planting material in Cameroon. Throughout the humid tropics of West and Central Africa, trees...

November 21, 2012
Centre partners with Mars for cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire

A partnership between the World Agroforestry Centre and Mars...

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November 20, 2012
Huge tree planting effort planned for Ethiopia

One hundred million Faidherbia albida trees will be established on...

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November 20, 2012
Agroforestry: a land of milk and honey

Farmers growing eucalypts and poplars in agroforestry systems in the...

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November 20, 2012
World Bank report highlights management needs for African trees

The Forest Trees and Woodlands in Africa report by the World Bank says...

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November 20, 2012
Trees on farms: multiple benefits

In Kenya’s Daily Nation, Tony Simons, Director General of the World...

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November 16, 2012
Solar stoves and agroforestry in Dominican Republic

Care2 reports on work by The Nature Conservancy to improve the...

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November 16, 2012
Mobile phones to aid agroforestry in the Amazon

Harvard master’s student, Jeffrey Mansfield, has been investigating the...

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November 16, 2012
ICRAF trains locals to cut carbon emissions through land use planning

ICRAF sent a three-member training team late October this year to Hanoi...

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November 15, 2012
A seed, an orchard invisible…but what kind of orchard?

Improving the availability of high-quality tree seeds and seedlings to...

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A seed, an orchard invisible…but what kind of orchard? Improving the availability of high-quality tree seeds and seedlings to benefit hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers around the world. A farmer chooses a variety of maize. He prepares his land, sows the crop and waits. Come harvest...

November 15, 2012
GCARD 2: time to rethink our approach to agriculture

How effective are the numerous scientific models, strategies and...

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November 14, 2012
New funding to empower more African women scientists

The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)...

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November 14, 2012
Centre director to feature at SusCon 2012

Does the green economy provide the whole answer? This is the question...

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November 13, 2012
Organic farming and agroforestry show promise in western Kenya

A Kenyan charity which is promoting activities such as agroforestry,...

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November 13, 2012
Feeding Africa. It’s about access not just supply

New efforts to end hunger in Africa are not targeting low-cost,...

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November 13, 2012
Agriculture and conservation can be complementary

An article by authors from Bioversity International, the Wildlife...

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November 12, 2012
Does erosion represent landscape-level loss or gain of carbon stocks?

By Meine van Noordwijk In 1994 at the first big tropical soil carbon...

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Rice fields Southeast AsiaBy Meine van Noordwijk In 1994 at the first big tropical soil carbon meeting after the Rio 1992 Convention spiked interest in the emission effect of all types of land use change, I shocked many in the audience...

November 12, 2012
Agroforestry key to reaching 10% tree cover in Kenya

IRIN-Humanitarian News and Analysis reports that agroforestry and...

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November 12, 2012
Window on the future: fruit and nut growers can adapt to climate change

Winter chill: two words that carry grave implications for many growers...

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November 9, 2012
Quality Honduran cocoa prized in Switzerland

Honduran cocoa, while only making up a small amount of global...

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November 9, 2012
Leakey book emphasizes importance of trees in landscapes

The blog of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative...

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November 9, 2012
Uganda should plant trees with economic benefits

In an address to young people, Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni,...

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November 9, 2012
Elderberries set to take off in US

Elderberries, long used in herbal remedies, are set to become the next...

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November 7, 2012
Evidence-based-policy-based-evidence on forests, trees and agroforestry

By Meine van Noordwijk The Centre’s chief science advisor argues that...

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Evidence-based-policy-based-evidence on forests, trees and agroforestry By Meine van Noordwijk The Centre’s chief science advisor argues that researchers need to address more complex issues of policy and evidence if they want to have a real impact. Interest in evidence-based policy alternates with periods where policy-based evidence dominates. However,...

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