May Muthuri
Scaling up FMNR, CAWT and planted agroforestry
Challenges and Opportunities 1. FMNR – Widespread with diverse range of trees with multiple products and uses 2. Faidherbia – highly valued but distribution is not uniform and densities are low: Natural regeneration in natural range Plant air pruned seedlings outside its range Direct sow with pre treated seed 3. Other Planted Systems: Tephrosia, P peas, Gliricidia etc […] Continue Reading
1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem
Originally published on the World Resources Institute website. More than a billion people around the world still lack access to electricity; millions more receive poor and inadequate supplies. For the unserved and underserved, there can be significant implications for healthcare, food, education and business. Author Chimamanda Ngozi […] Continue Reading
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox
The Sustainable Forest Management module is intended for people involved in afforestation and reforestation program. The module establishes the difference between forest restoration and rehabilitation and sets out the main steps involved in both. The module provides basic and more detailed information on forest restoration and rehabilitation, as well as links to key tools and case […] Continue Reading
Can We Restore 350 Million Hectares by 2030?
Originally published on the World Resources Institute website. With growing awareness of the economic costs of land degradation, political leaders are adopting ambitious targets to restore degraded forests and agricultural land. Building on the interest in forest landscape restoration generated by the Bonn Challenge, in 2014, countries adopted the New York Declaration on […] Continue Reading
Quality climate data at the click of a button
Originally published on the ICRISAT website. To increase the availability and accessibility of quality climate data in Mali an initiative titled ‘Enhancing National Climate Services’ (ENACTS) was launched recently. For the purpose, a workshop was held to introduce stakeholders to Mali weather station’s new data and web interface called the Mali Meteo Data Library and […] Continue Reading
The challenge to be climate smart with the world’s agriculture
Originally published on the World Bank website. Here’s something you may not be aware of: agriculture and changes in land use already contribute 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. It’s a statistic that matters in the face of two unrelenting challenges now facing the globe –how to turn the promises of last December’s historic […] Continue Reading