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February 12, 2015
Former Centre scientist to head Africa Rice Center

Former Regional Director for World Agroforestry Centre’s West and...

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February 12, 2015
Ministers agree on need to protect and invest in Mekong forests and...

Natural capital assets, such as forests and farmlands, are the basis...

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February 12, 2015
(African Farming) Baobab use goes beyond fruits and vegetables

The Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has released a new...

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February 11, 2015
Catch the climate-change moment

 A spontaneous answer to a farmer’s question has led to farmer-...

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agroforestry, My Loi, Viet Nam  A spontaneous answer to a farmer’s question has led to farmer-managed revegetation of a denuded hill and more opportunities for diversifying against climate shocks. It was all about seizing the moment   In the autumn of 2012, a...

February 11, 2015
EU ambassador visits ParCiMon project sites in Papua

His Excellency Olof Skoog, Ambassador of the European Union to...

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Olof Skoog, Hery Dosinaen, Papua His Excellency Olof Skoog, Ambassador of the European Union to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and ASEAN, visited Papua province, Indonesia, to encourage forest protection and sustainable development through the ParCiMon project   Ambassador Skoog visited Jayapura and Jayawijaya districts...

February 11, 2015
(Bangkok Post) Yielding results as the climate changes

Thailand is likely to face a shortage of food owing to climate change...

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February 11, 2015
Catch the climate-change moment

A spontaneous answer to a farmer’s question has led to farmer-managed...

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February 11, 2015
Less bare land and more trees and crops in Northwest Viet Nam

Research implemented by the World Agroforestry Centre in Viet Nam as...

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February 10, 2015
Videos and photos used as research tools in Indonesia

Farmers and village leaders have been interviewed on video and their...

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video, interview, Buol, farmer, ICRAF Farmers and village leaders have been interviewed on video and their landscapes photographed to collect baseline data for a new research project   By Nichola Sarvangga Valero Mitakda   Sixteen farmers and eight village administration representatives from Buol...

February 10, 2015
Workshop recommends actions to foster good governance in forests

How to include meaningful governance issues in a post-2015...

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February 9, 2015
The best technology for reducing emissions: Trees

Not surprisingly, researchers have concluded that trees are the most...

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February 9, 2015
Viet Nam’s interest in macadamia on the rise

The growing popularity of macadamia trees among farmers in Viet Nam’s...

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February 5, 2015
Rubber villages respond to price slump

Villages in the tropical south of Yunnan province in China are...

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Rubber villages respond to price slump Villages in the tropical south of Yunnan province in China are responding to the drop in the global rubber latex price by replacing plantations with other crops. However, this does not address the root of the problem caused...

February 5, 2015
New fund will promote sustainable smallholder products to business

Danone and Mars Incorported have announced an investment fund that aims...

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February 5, 2015
Fodder trees helping to meet Africa’s demand for meat and dairy

Africa’s livestock producers are unable to meet the rapidly increasing...

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February 5, 2015
(The Christian Science Monitor) These graduates are primed to reduce...

Twenty-one students from 11 countries and 19 institutions across the...

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February 5, 2015
The DGIS Project: One year later in Ethiopia

The Ethiopia implementation team of the DGIS project met in Addis Ababa...

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February 5, 2015
Accelerating transformation towards Climate-Smart Agriculture in...

The Tanzania National Climate Change and Agriculture Workshop held in...

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February 5, 2015
Irish Ambassador and Irish Aid delegates visit new ICRAF research site...

On 10 September 2014, Irish Government delegates visited ICRAF-Ethiopia...

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February 5, 2015
Assessing Quick Win Activities related to Water Management in Ethiopia

One of the mandates of the Water Management Unit working under Eastern...

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February 5, 2015
Helping farmers tame jigger infestation: What is the role of ICRAF?

It has been four weeks since Emwatsi village in Vihiga County...

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February 5, 2015
The rainwater harvesting champions of Makueni County

Between 9-10 October, Irene Moed Programme Officer for Alterra in the...

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February 5, 2015
Boosting reforestation activities in Ethiopia

On 21 July 2014 ICRAF Ethiopia office organized a joint tree planting...

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February 5, 2015
Project’s stakeholder feedback forum reveals the need for increased...

On 30 September 2014, representatives from ICRAF and the Centre for...

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February 5, 2015
Malawi fertilizer subsidy program - Evergreen fertilizer trees

It is a bright hot sunny day and Moses Shonga is taking a walk in his...

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February 4, 2015
Institutional benchmarks for achieving climate-smart landscapes

Several actors with diverse roles and affiliations interact within...

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Institutional benchmarks for achieving climate-smart landscapes Several actors with diverse roles and affiliations interact within landscapes, and with different mandates, interests, weaknesses and capabilities that call for collaborations that are governed by laws, rules and regulations. These actors and policies operating at various levels...

February 4, 2015
Less bare land and more trees and crops in Northwest Viet Nam

Research implemented by the World Agroforestry Centre in Viet Nam as...

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Son La, Viet Nam Research implemented by the World Agroforestry Centre in Viet Nam as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics has found that the area under trees in three provinces in the northwest of...

February 4, 2015
The farmers in Paraguay who want to grow trees not soy

An article on The Guardian’s Global Development Professionals Network...

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February 4, 2015
Agroforestry builds climate change resilience in Central America

Farmers in the El Trifinio region of Central America are diversifying...

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