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‘Permaculture the African Way’ in Cameroon’s Only Eco-Village
“the eco-village organically fertilises soil through the planting and pruning of nitrogen-fixing trees planted on farms where mixed cropping is practised. When the trees mature, the middles are cut out and the leaves used as compost. The trees are then left to regenerate and the same procedure is repeated the following season.” Mbom Sixtus describes here how […] Continue Reading
Regreening Africa could help stem the tide of migration
European Union leaders have been wrestling in recent weeks with the surge of the “boat people,” tens of thousands of refugees from Africa and the Middle East crossing the Mediterranean in overloaded boats in the hopes of finding a better life. Many of these migrants died during the journey. Refugees like the boat people are […] Continue Reading
Can Africa afford to save its soils?
On the fertilizer-starved continent of Africa, the discourses about soil fertility revolve around the availability of inorganic fertilizers, and how policy – subsidies, tariffs, markets – can be made to support their use. Supporters say that poor farmers are not able to make investments in restoring degraded soils because it takes too long to see […] Continue Reading
BLEANSA: The making of an EverGreen Agriculture info hub for Southern Africa
Isaac Nyoka, Coordinator of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southern Africa Node, discussed BLEANSA (Building a Large Evergreen Agriculture Network for Southern Africa) at the Beating Famine Conference in Malawi. BLEANSA is a network of organizations and innovation platforms aimed at spreading EverGreen Agriculture across the region. “The network reviews experiences gained from past research, […] Continue Reading
Trees and food security in Africa; what’s the link?
The right trees, coupled with the right varieties of crops, rural advisory services, and a supportive policy environment can have a huge impact on crop yields, nutrition and income in Africa. And because smallholder farmers feed and nourish most of Africa’s 1 billion population, this is where we must start. Agroforestry systems in Africa range […] Continue Reading
The potential of FMNR in Southern Africa
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a low cost, easily replicated form of community owned natural resource restoration and management that contributes to both sustainable development goals and also to climate change mitigation and adaptation goals. FMNR has been used (under many different names) by communities throughout the world both in indigenous management systems, and […] Continue Reading