drylands
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The future of food is dry: Reimagining dryland agriculture
Drylands produce 44 per cent of global food, yet international markets treat them as deficits. Building climate stability requires moving…
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Drylands are feeding the world. Why are they still overlooked?
Drylands support one-third of humanity and supply almost half of the world’s food, yet they remain largely overlooked in climate…
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From Djibouti to UNCCD COP17: Accelerating progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall
Across Africa’s drylands, a new push for transformation is underway. Stretching across 11 countries, from Senegal to Djibouti, the Great…
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Developing thriving nurseries and diverse tree seed supply options
Across Ethiopia’s highlands and drylands, millions of hectares of once-productive soil lie degraded — stripped of vegetation, battered by erosion…
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Dust to dividends: How livestock is restoring Africa’s rangelands
Rangelands, or the vast landscapes grazed by livestock or wildlife, sustain the livelihoods of around two billion people around the…
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Landscape Partnership Asia: restoring drylands and drought-prone areas
His Excellency Minister of Korea Forest Service Choi Byeong Am officially launched the Landscape Partnership Asia, the world’s largest programme…
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“Existential threats,” harsh warnings and hope in UN Global Land Outlook
“At no other point in modern history has humanity faced such an array of familiar and unfamiliar risks and hazards…
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The quest for livelihood options in Ghana
Balance competing demands and integrate policies for multiple land uses
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A line in the sand: Dryland restoration for a food secure future
Fortifying dryland ecosystems in Africa against degradation and desertification is crucial to avoid exacerbating the risks of widespread food insecurity…
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Wrong way to chocolate: Turn back now
At a recent gathering of leading researchers and practitioners in the cocoa sector, main topics of discussion included the continuing…
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Kenyan farmers adopt new agroforestry strategies through research in development program
Smallholder farmers in the drylands of eastern Kenya are benefiting from innovative farming techniques initially tested in collaboration with World…
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Transforming Kenya’s invasive ‘mathenge’ bushes into charcoal farms
This initiative will be discussed in the session Sustainable wood-fuel value chains for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa at the…
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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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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Yesterday Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said the mega campaign will…
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‘Forget tree planting, start tree growing’
Q & A with Lalisa Duguma Forests News caught up with climate change mitigation and adaptation scientist from World Agroforestry…
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