agroforestry
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Will biodiversity talks bridge governmental divide?
Look down on Earth from an eagle’s perspective, and you’ll see that almost half of the world’s habitable land surface…
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New TRANSITONS program tackles three roadblocks to scale up agroecology
Agroecology, as an approach, promises a more sustainable and resilient future for food systems through minimizing damage to natural resources,…
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Long road ahead to translate NBS into practice
Nature-based solutions (NBS) have quickly gained popularity as an umbrella term for actions that work in harmony with natural ecosystems…
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BOOK LAUNCH: new agroforestry manual seeks to help transform food systems
The Center for International Forestry Research–World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) has published a new manual on agroforestry: Agroforestry: A Primer – Design…
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Agroforestry and restoration in the spotlight at Amazonian farmers’ workshop, Brazil
Ecological restoration, agroforestry systems, and carbon storage were in focus during a workshop with family farmers and local leaders in…
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Asia and agroforestry: a systematic approach to policies and practices
My colleague — Mi Sun Park — and I were fortunate to be able to co-edit a special issue of…
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Our food systems are failing. Can trees and forests dish up better diets for everyone?
Despite all of the technological and informational advancements of recent decades, we’ve so far failed to feed our global population…
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How bioenergy can help restore landscapes and livelihoods
Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest country by population and its demand for energy is also huge and growing. The…
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Saving the branch we’re sitting on? Protecting the Amazon, for all of us
At the World Forestry Congress (WFC) in Seoul, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a new report: the…
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Cashew offers untapped potential for African livelihoods and landscapes, scientists say
African countries should implement urgent measures to boost their share of the global cashew market, to raise farmers’ incomes and…
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Beyond the Green Revolution: Clearing a new path for Indian agriculture
“Indian agriculture is in crisis,” said Ravi Prabhu, the Center for International Forestry Research–World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF)’s director of innovation,…
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Q+A: Turbulence in the field: Winds of change buffet agroforestry in Vietnam
When Elisabeth Simelton was small, she was shocked by images on TV of children experiencing the famine that led to…
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Women coffee growers in Vietnam boost climate mitigation through agroforestry
Coffee agroforestry systems in Vietnam have significant capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering carbon and reducing the need…
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Enabling trees to better support rural economies
The demand for ever-more agricultural land to feed the world’s increasing population is perhaps the greatest driver of forest destruction.…
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Trees play a key role in building sustainable food systems, experts affirm
Agroforestry will play a significant role in ensuring the security and safety of the global food supply amid a fast-changing…
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