The landscape appears ripe with opportunity for small-scale farmers worldwide, as their contribution towards feeding the world and fuelling development amidst a changing climate is more widely acknowledged. “That smallholder farmers’ role in food production and natural resource...

One small change of words is a giant leap in the effectiveness of agricultural research and development. The race is on to find sustainable ways of producing enough food to feed the world over the next three to...

In many countries existing policies and legislation pose a serious limitation to private initiatives in teak. Tenure insecurity along with complex regulations on harvesting, timber transport, taxation and royalties all play a restricting role. In their paper ‘Good...

Communities hold a crucial piece of the resilient-landscapes puzzle, say experts. Speaking on 17 November at a discussion session titled ‘Building resilient landscapes for food security and sustainable livelihoods,’ Tony Simons, Director-General of World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), advocated...

Answer: Agriculture. According to the most recent UNEP Emissions Gap report, climate change adaptation and mitigation in the agriculture sector has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 1.1 – 4.3 gigatons (gt) by 2020. Given that, “we...