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African farmers grow trees as a natural crop fertilizer
In Africa, planting trees along with corn in soil that is low in nitrogen can substantially increase corn production without expensive fertilizers. In a decade, the number of small farmers using Fertilizer Tree Systems has ballooned from a few hundred to more than 250,000.Click here to read more. Continue Reading
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
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