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Greening Africa`s Farming key to Food Security, Experts say
Farming practices that incorporate natural resources conservation will provide sustainable solution to food insecurity in Africa in the face of climate change,declining soil fertility and shrinking size of arable land. Click here to read more. 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
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