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Even children can do FMNR
Wezzie Banda (World Vision Malawi) speaks to Dennis Garrity, United Nations (UN) Drylands Ambassador and Senior Fellow at the World Agroforestry Centre on the first day of the Beating Famine conference. TALKING ABOUT LAND CONSERVATION AND NATURAL TREE REGENERATION, HOW DO YOU THINK CHILDREN CAN BENEFIT AND BE A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE? That is […] Continue Reading
Land Degradation: A Pathway to Nourishing the Future Is Found in Africa
In the Sahel region, millions of hectares have been regenerated by smallholder farmers practicing agroforestry, soil and water conservation, soil fertility management, and sustainable forest management. Similar results have been achieved in the Horn of Africa and the Southern Africa region, where the legume tree known as Fadherbia albida is being used for soil fertility […] Continue Reading
CIFOR Releases Global Landscapes Forum Reports on the Successes and Outcomes
9 June 2014: The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released the report of the first Global Landscapes Forum. The report focuses on four themes: investing in sustainable landscapes, landscape policy and governance, synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation, and landscapes for food security and nutrition. Read more: http://bit.ly/1qtaKTF 9 June 2014: The […] Continue Reading
Guide to conservation agriculture with trees
For Journalists - A new guide by the World Agroforestry Centre will assist with training farmers to implement Conservation Agriculture with Trees.Read more... Continue Reading
New casestudy and video about re-greening Africa’s landscape
A new case study and video clip on EverGreen Agriculture has been produced by WRENmedia with support from EIARD. These new products describe EverGreen Agriculture and its role in restoring exhausted soils with richer sources of organic nutrients, helping smallholders increase crop yields and incomes, and adapt to climate change. Continue Reading
EverGreen Agriculture network launched
By Godfrey Chisusu for Transformations Bi-weekly Vol 6 Issue 7The "Building a Large EverGreen Agriculture Network in Southern Africa" (BLEANSA) project was officially launched in Salima, Malawi on 5 April 2013 in a ceremony graced by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Hon. Jermoth Ulemu Chilapondwa, MP. Continue Reading