Kenya
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The genetics behind better tree seed
In Kenya and Rwanda, breeding seed orchards and mother blocks are helping improve access to quality tree seed and planting…
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Beyond participation: Who has a voice in tree seed systems?
Lessons from the Quality Tree Seed for Africa project in Kenya and Rwanda show how wider access to training, leadership…
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The invisible allies beneath our feet: A journey into the world of the phytomicrobiome
The phytomicrobiome brings together the bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms that help plants grow, find nutrients and survive stress. Its…
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Keeping track of trees and forests in Eastern and Southern Africa
Fatuma Mansur is a forest ranger in Kilifi County, Eastern Kenya. The area is home to the largest remaining fragment…
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Green water and flying rivers
Water makes headlines every day. Many of the world’s rivers are drying up, and we’re getting used to seeing images…
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Informal trade in charcoal and firewood in Africa creates need for sustainable approach
As demand for charcoal and other wood energy soars in Central Africa, with wide-ranging consequences for biodiversity and local communities,…
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Meet the farmers and scientists collaborating to restore Kenya’s degraded grasslands
Hellen Atieno Owuor remembers a time when farming goats and cattle in the sub-humid eastern highlands of Kenya was a…
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Poor charcoal production techniques fuel tree cutting in Kenya
The use of inefficient charcoal production methods is accelerating tree cutting in Kenya by charcoal producers, as it remains a…
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Soil health critical for maintaining human health, biological diversity, researchers say
Healthy soil sustains life on Earth, channeling nutrients through plants, supporting essential water and land-based systems, absorbing carbon dioxide to…
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GLF talks dig deep on food security, soils and social inclusion
With the population in sub-Saharan Africa projected to more than double, growing by 1.05 billion people by 2050, pressures on…
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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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Collective land rights don’t equal women’s rights
When it comes to women’s tenure rights, even laws that recognize communal and collective land tenure systems may not be…
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