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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
Zimbabwe ill-prepared for climate change challenges – experts
Zimbabwe’s lack of preparedness for the impact of climate change is coming under increasing scrutiny, as the nation faces another year of drought and the government admits it has done little to mitigate the crisis. Click here to read more. 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
Creating an Evergreen Agriculture in Africa: for Food Security and Environmental Resilience-World Agroforestry Center Publication
A publication by the World Agroforestry Center talks about lessons learnt and best practises of evergreen agriculture. For a copy of the publication, click here. Continue Reading
‘Evergreen Agriculture’ wins for climate change and hunger
A recent article by ScieDev Net higlights the importance of Evergreen Agriculture in tackling climate change and booste crop yields to achieve food seurity. To read the article, click here Continue Reading