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Selling trees to conservation agriculture enthusiasts
By Kate Langford for Agroforestry WorldOriginally published October 7, 2011“If you choose the right species of trees and manage them in the right way, they can be compatible with agriculture and provide many benefits,” said Dennis Garrity in addressing the World Congress o Continue Reading
Feeding a hungry world with trees
By Dennis Garrity for Agroforestry WorldOriginally published September 16, 2011[Reproduced from Reuters alertnet]A couple of decades ago, when my colleagues began urging African farmers to plant trees in the middle of their mai Continue Reading
New network to promote “Re-greening Africa”
Participants at the Beating Famine: Sustainable Food Security through Land Regeneration in a Changing Climate conference in Nairobi from 10-13 April have proposed a fifty million US dollars (USD) fund to promote agriculture and end Africa's cycle of drought and food insecurity.Click here to read more Continue Reading
The baffling simplicity of FMNR
When the pioneer of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), Tony Rinaudo held a workshop in Kijabe, Kenya, the invited participants from the Beating Famine conference were baffled by the simplicity of what they heard and saw. During the FMNR tour, the message was clear and simple. That the best thing to do when confronted with a barren land crying out for regreening is to simply leave it alone and just wait for trees to regenerate from remnant tree root systems. Continue Reading
Can conservation agriculture work where scarce biomass feeds hungry livestock?
There is a new report of mixed results about the viability of adopting ‘conservation agriculture’ to enhance soil health and sustain long-term crop productivity in the developing world, an approach advocated by many. The authors of the report work at five centres of the CGIAR and conducted this research under the CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme (SLP). Continue Reading
Innovation of the Week: Fertilizer Tree Systems enrich soils naturally
According to “Agricultural success from Africa: the case of fertilizer tree systems in southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe),” a report from the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, simple Fertilizer Tree Systems (FTS) can double maize production in soil that is low in nitrogen, an essential plant nutrient. Click here to read more. Continue Reading