agroforestry
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Defining the role of forests, trees, agroforestry to help curb COVID-19 food crisis
The emergence of the coronavirus has put the world on the brink of a major famine, according to the World…
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GLF Bonn: Food systems in focus at a time of crisis
Efforts to combat global hunger and malnutrition are increasing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The recently published Global Report on Food…
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World Agroforestry gene bank germinates a future for healthy ecosystems
Africa’s iconic baobab tree, sometimes called the “upside-down tree” and popular in myths and local legend, was in trouble earlier…
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Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blueprint for a healthy planet
Scientists have demonstrated that such diseases as the new SARS-COV2 coronavirus COVID-19 and Ebola can emerge due to ecosystem imbalances…
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Agroforestry ‘basins’ stir up big benefits for women in Kenya drylands
Rethinking traditional farming methods is central to the agricultural landscape restoration process worldwide, a universal challenge with no single solution.…
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Are forests the answer to an uncertain future for coffee?
Our morning cup of coffee is under threat from climate change, scientists have warned. Although projections vary on the crop’s…
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Agroforestry land restoration technique improves food security in Honduras
Five years ago, farmer Damas Nunez had reached a point of economic desperation. He had decided the best option to…
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So long tumultuous teens: High hopes for forests in the 2020s
Throughout the last decade (2010-2019), tropical deforestation escalated at an alarming rate despite a raft of international commitments, including the…
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Forest science for the future: Back to the drawing board?
How can forest research and science — the foundations of the science of natural resource management — be renewed amid…
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The Economist Intelligence Unit: ICRAF’s Tony Simons on agricultural transformation
Several key reports released in 2018 and 2019—including the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental…
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Pooling knowledge in tropical landscapes key to resilience
The active involvement of everyone living and working in a tropical landscape – from local communities and governments to the…
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How a coffee rust epidemic escalated in Chiapas, Mexico
The thought that climate change is threatening our daily cup of coffee might be too much to bear for some…
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Fungus Friday! Why aren’t more scientists studying mushrooms?
At this year’s 4th Agroforestry Congress in Montpellier, Forests News caught up with Jianchu Xu. Jianchu, a scientist at World…
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If cocoa prices have fallen, why isn’t your chocolate bar cheaper?
Forests News caught up with World Agroforestry (ICRAF) scientist Dietmar Stoian at 2019’s 4th World Agroforestry Congress in Montpellier to…
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