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May 5, 2014
Resilience and the role of agroforestry

Resilience – the ability to adapt to stress and adversity -is a...

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May 2, 2014
Can agroforestry lead to better diets: let’s ask the consumer?

“We need solid evidence of how agroforestry can help create diversity...

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Can agroforestry lead to better diets: let’s ask the consumer? “We need solid evidence of how agroforestry can help create diversity in the diets of growing urban areas (such as Lima in Peru) to counteract the argument that it would be better to import relatively cheap fruit and...

May 1, 2014
Promising prospects for agroforestry in Vietnam

An estimated 250,000 farmers are currently growing Acacia woodlots in...

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May 1, 2014
Championing agroforestry in Afghanistan

Efforts to reverse decades of deforestation in Afghanistan are seeing...

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April 30, 2014
A revolution in tree regeneration spreads from Africa to Asia

The story of how Australian aid worker, Tony Rinaudo has helped in the...

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April 30, 2014
North lags behind south in agroforestry

In an article in the Irish Examiner, Patrick Worms, senior science...

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April 30, 2014
Food security dialogue in Canada

The World Agroforestry Centre’s chief science advisor, Meine van...

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April 30, 2014
Agriculture on the up in East Africa

Agriculture is experiencing upward growth in East Africa, says an...

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April 30, 2014
How nutrition is evolving and the role of trees

Bees have known it all along: simply by feeding a particular larva...

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April 28, 2014
Accessibility might benefit livelihoods but not necessarily forests

Government policies in Laos to eradicate shifting cultivation and...

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Accessibility might benefit livelihoods but not necessarily forests Government policies in Laos to eradicate shifting cultivation and relocate villages closer to services may be improving livelihoods but not achieving the goal of greater forest protection. The results of a study published in Society and Natural Resources...

April 28, 2014
Jackfruit could replace staple crops under climate change

Researchers believe jackfruit could be a replacement for wheat, corn...

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April 28, 2014
Reducing emissions from agriculture: new study

Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture could be reduced by more than...

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April 25, 2014
Centre scientist wins AfriCAN Climate Award

The World Agroforestry Centre’s Dr Aster Gebrekirstos Afwork has been...

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April 24, 2014
Climate change calls for a rethink on agriculture in Brazil

Rising temperatures are seriously affecting crop production in Brazil...

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April 24, 2014
Expanding the carbon market for better grassland management

A new tool for managing grasslands is expected to help Chinese farmers...

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April 23, 2014
Guide to conservation agriculture with trees

A new guide by the World Agroforestry Centre will assist with training...

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April 23, 2014
Replicate coffee agroforestry to fight climate change

Globally, coffee production is in danger. An article in The...

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April 23, 2014
Partnership to regreen Kenya

A major new partnership has ambitious plans to plant billions of trees...

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April 23, 2014
Successes from a Sahelian parkland project

A project aimed at conserving agroforestry parklands in the Sahel and...

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April 23, 2014
Libatkan masyarakat lokal dalam kegiatan pemantauan jasa lingkungan

Wamena (22/02)-Dalam rangka mendorong partisipasi aktif kelompok...

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April 17, 2014
Can agroforestry and livestock-keeping support each other to build...

Planting trees and livestock-keeping might well go hand-in-hand in...

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Can agroforestry and livestock-keeping support each other to build climate change resilience? Planting trees and livestock-keeping might well go hand-in-hand in helping farmers both mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. Livestock are often adapted to relatively marginal environments and can diversify rural production, promoting climate resilience. At the same...

April 17, 2014
Ethiopia’s northern landscape transformed with trees

The Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia is perhaps best known...

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April 17, 2014
Call for nominations to 2014 Wangari Maathai Award

Nominations are now open for the Wangari Maathai Award 2014 which...

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April 17, 2014
Overcoming obstacles to grow African agriculture

Agriculture is the cornerstone of economic growth, poverty reduction...

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April 16, 2014
Can trees soften the blow of a natural disaster?

In November of 2013 one of the strongest-ever tropical cyclones landed...

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Can trees soften the blow of a natural disaster? In November of 2013 one of the strongest-ever tropical cyclones landed on the Philippines’ shoreline. Haiyan practically flattened its epicenter, Tacloban City, killed more than 6,000 people and set the country back an estimated US$ 1 billion in...

April 16, 2014
From policy to action with REDD

An article on the European Commission’s Research and Innovation website...

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April 16, 2014
Climate change the focus of status report on African agriculture

The 2014 Africa Agriculture Status Report is expected to focus on the...

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April 15, 2014
Rising demand for herbal medicine can increase cultivation of medicinal...

NAIROBI, Kenya (14 April 2014) -----Formalizing trade in herbal...

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April 14, 2014
Costa Rica leading on PES

Payments for environmental services (PES), especially in tropical...

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