“The leading edge of climate change has arrived” says a new policy brief launched at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development in Uruguay, but the growing of trees by smallholder farmers is offering an “avenue...

Sitting next to a fire holds great pleasure for most of us. So does the smoky flavour wood-smoke brings to food. But daily use of firewood in poorly ventilated households can have hidden health consequences, particularly for women...

By Suseno Budidarsono, Sonya Dewi, Muhammad Sofiyuddin and Arif Rahmanulloh   With the European Commission recently launching a proposal to reduce the amount of food-based biofuels it sources, a study by the World Agroforestry Centre team in Indonesia...

By B. Lukuyu, F. Place, S. Franzel and E. Kiptot In the 21st century, extension services will need to grapple with challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, gender inequality and the globalization of agriculture. A different kind of...

By Meine van Noordwijk Over the past decade, governments in several developing countries, along with hydropower and drinking water companies and wetlands managers, have adopted ‘payments for environmental services’ schemes. What are they? Are they working? What are...

By Suseno Budidarsono, Arif Rahmanulloh and Muhammad Sofiyuddin   The huge amount of oil palm in Indonesia reflects the crop’s economic attractiveness. The World Agroforestry Centre assessed the direct economic impact of oil palm to better understand the...

By Ni’matul Khasanah, Meine van Noordwijk, Andree Ekadinata, Sonya Dewi, Subekti Rahayu, Harti Ningsih, Anang Setiawan, Elisa Dwiyanti and Rahayu Octaviani.   The European Union plans to limit the conversion of land globally for biofuel production. Such conversions...