Dennis Garrity
Poverty reduction with trees in Africa
Dr. Dennis Garrity talks about the collaboration between World Agroforestry Center, Kenya Forestry Research Institute and Better Globe Forestry Ltd to reduce poverty in Kenya by helping farmers earn an income through dryland tree planting. Click here for the full video Continue Reading
Welcome to EverGreen World
In today’s world, EverGreen Agriculture is a pretty unconventional concept. Agricultural cropland covers 1.3 billion hectares globally. But these croplands are generally seen as mono-cultures of annual species, such as maize or wheat, with no role for trees or other perennials in these systems. But the evidence has been rapidly accumulating on many continents that […] Continue Reading
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) to be launched in Paris
AFR100 is a pan-African, country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes in Africa under restoration by 2030. It is a platform for implementation that brings together political commitment with the necessary financial and technical support. Experience in multiple countries has demonstrated that forest landscape restoration (FLR) can deliver significant benefits. […] Continue Reading
UNCCD Publishes Brief on Land-Climate Nexus
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has published a brief titled, ‘Land matters for climate: Reducing the gap and approaching the target,’ ahead of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be held in Paris, France. The publication states that […] Continue Reading
Poor nations need support to cut emissions from farming
Developing countries can boost food production while reducing planet-warming emissions from agriculture, given the right technologies and financial support to put them into practice, researchers said on Monday. Wealthy governments and other donors need to invest more to reduce carbon emissions stemming from agriculture, said a study issued ahead of U.N. climate talks in Paris […] Continue Reading
Restoration agriculture in the corn belt
I’ve got to admit that the Corn Belt of the USA was probably the last place in the world where I thought that EverGreen Agriculture could take root. I knew that the historical trajectory of bigger farms, bigger equipment, extremely simplified maize-soybeans cropping systems, and an industrial approach to farming, all present real challenges to […] Continue Reading