agroforestry
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Zambia: School students take action on World Environment Day
Higher temperatures and lower rainfall due to climate change are impacting agriculture in Zambia, contributing to poverty in many households.…
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In Cameroon, breaking barriers for women in restoration
Restoring land and reducing its degradation is crucial for Cameroon’s sustainable development and long-term resilience. Over 70 percent of the…
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As cocoa prices soar, why are the benefits so unbalanced?
Have you noticed how chocolate is getting more expensive? If you haven’t yet, you likely will soon: cocoa prices have…
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Investing in soils can put countries on a path to land degradation neutrality
Since the time I began studying soils 25 years ago, we have seen some amazing progress – as well as…
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Advancing Ethiopian agroforestry
In a world of increasing populations, dwindling biodiversity and growing climatic challenges, agroforestry – a multifunctional land management system that…
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Expanding agroecology’s reach
“We know our food systems are broken, resulting in malnutrition, food waste, biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change,” said…
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How to create agroforestry systems that work for farmers
“Simply replicating a pre-existing model and thinking it will be successful won’t work. What works is looking at the context…
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Beyond the bottleneck: Why seed and seedling supplies matter for restoration
As the critical role of trees in addressing the climate, biodiversity, and food crises becomes increasingly clear, many public and…
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World leaders at COP28 urged to prioritize soil health in climate plans
On World Soil Day, experts and civil society representatives at the UN Climate Summit urged world leaders to recognize the…
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In Ethiopia, building skills to gauge agroecological performance
Agroecology is an integrated approach that seeks to optimize the interactions between plants, animals, humans, and the environment – while…
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Agroforestry rises as a smallholder-powered climate solution
Across Africa and Asia, new incentive programmes and digital tools are laying the ground for the large-scale deployment of trees…
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“We will protect them ourselves”: Yangambi’s young conservation champions
Thirteen-year-old Olive Basekawike-Nyota, a student from Weko Village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s Yangambi Engagement Landscape (YEL),…
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The school that trees built
Until recently, the Bilaka School Complex, in the Yangambi Engagement Landscape (YEL) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Tshopo…
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Farmer field schools bear fruit in Yangambi Engagement Landscape, DRC
“Big, ripe tomatoes in Yangambi? It was magical!” said Sakina Kalindula, a community facilitator who helped set up the first…
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From hunting wild animals to fish farming: Sustainable change in rural Zambia
A few decades ago, the residents of southern Zambia’s Sianyongo area of Nyawa Chiefdom were accustomed to seeing impala, elephants,…
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