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Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration Could Save Kenyan Forests
Kenyan farmers could accerelerate expansion of the country`s forest cover if they embrace an innovative but cost-effective biological technique to resuscitate tree stumps,roots and seeds inorder to reclaim degraded landscapes and natural assets crucial to food security and environmental sustainability. Continue Reading
Land regeneration for food security
By Mieke Bourne and Yvonne Otieno for Agroforestry WorldApril 14, 2012 Environmental degradation can only be reversed by addressing direct and indirect drivers of change. The said drivers of change include public participation in decision-making, cultural factors and technological change. Continue Reading
Evergreen agriculture can build resilience and increase food security in the face of climate change
By Paul Stapleton for Agroforestry WorldOriginally published on December 6, 2011A learning event at the Agriculture and Rural Development Day held in association with United Nations climate change talks in Durban, South Africa Continue Reading
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