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March 21, 2012
AFLI project kicked off by an inception worshop in Son La

After more than one year of proposal preparation and agreement signing...

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March 20, 2012
Regreening forum to tackle food insecurity

 Beating Famine: Sustainable Food Security through Land...

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March 20, 2012
The World Agroforestry Centre at Planet Under Pressure

The World Agroforestry Centre at Planet Under Pressure Planet under...

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March 19, 2012
CGIAR Consortium Appoints New CEO

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE (19 March, 2012) – The CGIAR Consortium today...

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March 12, 2012
Kyrgyzstan conducting study tour to Vietnam for PES/ REDD+

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Regional Environmental...

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March 12, 2012
CCAFS climate finance report set to help farmers

Two new reports from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change...

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March 12, 2012
Satoyama conference at the World Agroforestry Centre

The World Agroforestry Centre has the pleasure of hosting the third...

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March 11, 2012
Towards equity in Sulawesi: land rights and decision-making key to...

Gender gaps in South and Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia highlight...

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March 9, 2012
Smart landscapes to feature in Rio+20

The key to poverty alleviation and food security is integrated land...

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Smart landscapes to feature in Rio+20 The key to poverty alleviation and food security is integrated land management says Kwesi Atta-Krah from Bioversity International. Kwesi and around 150 other experts have gathered in Kenya for the first international conference of Landscapes for People, Food...

March 8, 2012
Smartphone Agroforestry

Imagine taking a walk in an Agroforestry garden or a national botanic...

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March 8, 2012
Meet Purity Gachanga a farmer from Embu, Kenya

Do trees on farms work? Well ask Purity Gachanga. Purity hails from...

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March 2, 2012
CGIAR Consortium attains International Organization Status

The CGIAR Consortium, representing the world’s largest global...

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February 27, 2012
Putting multifunctional landscapes into climate negotiations

Climate Change will have an impact on every person in the world. It is...

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Putting multifunctional landscapes into climate negotiations Climate Change will have an impact on every person in the world. It is well documented that it will impact smallholder farmers the most because of the effect on their crops. On the other hand, the effects of...

February 27, 2012
New VECEA Map a potential platform for imbedding data from various GRPs

One way to address the demand for extension workers in some parts of...

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February 24, 2012
Settling Indonesia's land tenure disputes the ADR way

In an effort to understand why land tenure disputes in Indonesia are on...

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February 13, 2012
PRESA praised by expert from State of the World 2011 report

The World Agroforestry Centre's Pro-poor Rewards for Environmental...

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February 8, 2012
Evergreen agriculture a must for global resilience says UN Panel

In an all-encompassing report on sustainable development, a newly...

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February 1, 2012
History shows future warming repercussions will be far worse than...

Australian National University (ANU) Professor Tony McMichael published...

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February 1, 2012
Farmers key in effort to avert African 2015 famine

In a recent presentation at the World Agroforestry Centre, renowned...

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January 31, 2012
Pros and cons of large-scale agricultural investments

As our global population continues to grow, food security issues drive...

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January 26, 2012
Support smallholder agricultural research says Bill Gates

In his 2012 annual letter, Bill Gates stresses the need to see...

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January 25, 2012
100 million Euros for agroforestry investments

Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild (CBR) is working to raise around US$...

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January 20, 2012
What next for agriculture after Durban?

Agriculture has not been getting a fair hearing at major climate talks...

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What next for agriculture after Durban? Agriculture has not been getting a fair hearing at major climate talks. So it is refreshing to see that a Policy Forum article has been released in the 20 January edition of the Science Magazine. The article, “What...

January 20, 2012
ICRAF Vietnam Country Representative's wishes for the Year of the...

"I wish for a productive and fun 2012 for ICRAF Vietnam and its...

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January 19, 2012
Homegarden agroforestry catches on in Hawaii

Several initiatives have sprung up in Hawaii encouraging citizens to...

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January 17, 2012
Homestead planting mitigates warming, increases profit

In a recent study, seven different tree-planting systems were compared...

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January 16, 2012
Down the memory lane with ICRAF’s first employee

During his recent visit to ICRAF, I had the pleasure of talking with Dr...

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Down the memory lane with ICRAF’s first employee During his recent visit to ICRAF, I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Trevor Chandler who was one of the inaugurating employees of ICRAF during its establishment in the mid to late 70s. Originally born in England...

January 16, 2012
Gates Foundation's new funding policy to focus on specific...

The Gates Foundation announced late last year that it will be focusing...

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January 12, 2012
Rewarding communities for environmental services

Post written by Godfrey Mwaloma, Pro-Poor Rewards for Environmental...

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Rewarding communities for environmental services Post written by Godfrey Mwaloma, Pro-Poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa, ICRAF Payments or rewards for environmental services is a concept bringing together the rural poor, governments, the private sector and international organizations. How does it work?...

January 11, 2012
Fodder research improves dairy output

Fodder research by World Agroforestry Centre scientists is helping to...

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