The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry for the two thousand and tens decade is a combined outcome of sound planning and serendipity. The post Agroforestry at 40: The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry in research, development, policy and delivery appeared first on Agroforestry World.

Photos from around the planet show World Agroforestry’s work with farmers on climate change, food and nutrition security, adoption of agroforestry, development of policies, and strengthening vulnerable countries and populations.   AGROFORESTRY AND CLIMATE CHANGE World Agroforestry has... The post PHOTOSTORY: Agroforestry in response to key global issues appeared first on Agroforestry World.

By World Agroforestry West Africa Zero deforestation, improved livelihoods and business prospects and a restored environment are underway in the African nation through a successful partnership of government, private business, researchers and communities. For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has... The post Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire appeared first on Agroforestry World.

Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations works with the Consortium to assist its member countries. The African Orphan Crops Consortium is an... The post Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium appeared first on Agroforestry World.

Originally published by SciDev Factors such as lack of funding for scale-up are impeding uptake of climate change tech, writes Elizabeth Mwangi. As the world grapples with rising food insecurity and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and... The post Reasons for low uptake of climate change technologies appeared first on Agroforestry World.

About 40% of Cameroon’s territory is covered in forest. Philippe JONG/Shutterstock Serge Mandiefe Piabuo, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF); Divine Foundjem Tita, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and Peter A Minang, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) A quarter of a century... The post What Cameroon can teach others about managing community forests appeared first on Agroforestry World.

Government, researchers and development agencies are creating a roadmap for restoration in Mali to ensure a better understanding of the challenges, coordination and funding. Mali is one of eight African countries where Regreening Africa is being implemented, targeting 500,000... The post A roadmap to guide regreening in Mali appeared first on Agroforestry World.

By Dorcas Sanginga Regreening Africa’s Land Degradation Dynamics component, spearheaded by Leigh Winowiecki, soil systems scientist, and Tor-Gunnar Vågen, geoinformatics senior scientist, recently conducted Field Training and Field Survey: Biophysical Soil and Land Health Assessment using the Land... The post Using the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework to assess land health in Rwanda appeared first on Agroforestry World.

A mushroom research and training programme in Myanmar is aiming to lift farmers out of poverty, improve their diets and slow outward migration. Researchers from the Centre for Mountain Futures, a joint lab with World Agroforestry’s East and... The post Mushrooms for prosperity in Chin State appeared first on Agroforestry World.

Former ways have been reviewed and new approaches put forward at a major conference on land restoration in Mali. Land-restoration challenges have been presented in the past, great solutions proposed, and targets set at local, regional, national and... The post Learning from past initiatives for expanding the scale of land restoration in Africa appeared first on Agroforestry World.

This blog first appeared on the website of CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) Scientists in Indonesia are demonstrating how better business opportunities for local communities can help foster and reinforce sustainable forest management. As... The post What’s good for business is good for forests in Indonesia appeared first on Agroforestry World.

  Successful land restoration needs human capacity, innovative technologies and mass participation. The countries of the Sahel Region of West Africa are vulnerable to the impact of large-scale environmental and land degradation, poor soil infertility, climate change, population... The post Restoring drylands and empowering farmers: lessons from the Drylands Development Programme appeared first on Agroforestry World.

Land is being restored in Africa’s dry Sahel region to ensure food security The semi-arid region known as the Sahel stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea between the Sahara Desert and the Sudanian Savannah. Most... The post Beating Famine turns its attention to the Sahel appeared first on Agroforestry World.

The Framework is helping farmers and governments monitor the progress of regreening efforts and the overall health of their land. The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework has been designed by World Agroforestry to provide a biophysical baseline at landscape... The post Land Degradation Surveillance Framework deployed in Senegal appeared first on Agroforestry World.