Food & diets
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Magic beans: Can Managalas capitalize on coffee?
At dawn in Joivi Village on the Managalas Plateau, a small silver object drew a crowd. A team from the…
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Pods of promise: Could vanilla bring sustainable development to Papua New Guinea’s Managalas Plateau?
What does a yellow-green Mexican orchid have to do with roads and schools in rural Papua New Guinea? Potentially, plenty. The orchids are Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla tahitensis, cultivated across…
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When clans come together: Can collective stewardship protect the Managalas Plateau?
We heard the drums long before we saw them. It was the morning of 15 October 2025, and the Center for International Forestry Research…
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Cracking the forest product supply chain challenge — one tree nut at a time
If an okari nut falls in the forest, you’re definitely going to hear it. The oval crimson husk — larger than an adult’s palm —…
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Enriching the land and farmers’ lives through agroforestry in Ethiopia
In Gechi District, Oromia Region, where coffee has long been the backbone of rural livelihoods, a quiet shift is taking…
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Gedeo’s agroforestry legacy: Farming without losing forests
This article follows a visit to the Humbo Carbon Project, where communities restored degraded land through collective action. In Gedeo,…
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In the flooded Amazon, communities strive to adapt to a changing climate
In the lowland Peruvian Amazon, diverse and unique ecosystems flow in a constant rhythm. Understanding the seasonal shifts of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve is no simple…
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From dialogue to action: Building on the five steps to transform food systems through agroecology
Last year, practitioners, researchers and policymakers gathered online for the second dialogue of the Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology (AE-TPP),…
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From emergency response to resilient food systems in Yangambi
Food insecurity remains a daily reality for many households in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Tshopo Province, where a…
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How community conservancies are restoring wildlife and biodiversity in Zambia’s KAZA Corridor
Across Africa, conserving biodiversity while supporting rural livelihoods has become an increasingly complex challenge. In Zambia’s Nyawa Chiefdom, this tension is particularly pronounced. Once…
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From drought to abundance: How climate-smart farming is transforming lives in Eastern Rwanda
Rwanda, situated in Eastern Africa, is a country of many hills, steep terrains and a vibrant population that depends heavily…
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Detecting the invisible: A breakthrough in the fight against swollen shoot in Côte d’Ivoire
In Vavoua, in west-central Côte d’Ivoire, a group of cocoa farmers gathers under a wooden shelter as they often do…
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Cultivating agroecological leadership: Learnings from a pioneer program
Agroecology is inherently complex. Unlike conventional high-input monocropping systems, it demands close attention to local conditions – soil, shade, plant succession, species interactions, livestock integration and market dynamics. Each element affects the…
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Ethiopia advanced national agroecology strategy with strong stakeholder consensus
“The main reason why agroecology has become so important is that collectively we have realized that we cannot work in…
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Educate, train, enforce: Towards a sustainable wild meat trade in Central Africa
Policies that seem sound on paper often falter in practice, as shown by ongoing efforts to regulate wild meat markets…
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