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Putting trees on farms fundamental to future agricultural development
Dennis Garrity the Director General of the World Agroforestry Center during the launch of the International Year of Forest by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF9) in New York, highlights the key role of evergreen agriculture to future agricultural development. For more information, click here. Continue Reading
Fertilizer Trees End Hunger in Africa-Softpedia Article
A recent artilce by Softpedia describes how fertilizer trees integrated in farm systems have contributed enormaously to alleviate hunger in Africa. For more information, click here. 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 and hunger
In an opinion piece, M. S. Swaminathan and Dennis Garrity point to the huge potential for agroforestry in addressing food security, poverty and climate change. For more information, click here. Continue Reading
Food risk in Africa, the solution: evergreen agriculture and fertilizing trees
A recent aricle by Tommorw is Greener focuses on evergreen agricultureas the new frontier for agricultural development to address the high level of food security risk in Africa . For more information, click here. Continue Reading
Creating an Ever Green Agriculture for food security with climate resilience
The Director General to the World Agroforestry Center, Dennis Garrity, expounds on the importance of integrating trees with annual crps. For more information click here. Continue Reading