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‘Desertification is nearly as critical as climate change’ – Dr. Mansour N’Diaye
Dr. Mansour N'Diaye, Chef De Cabinet of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) secretariat, on the need for setting a sustainable development goal of “zero net land degradation by 2030” at the Rio+20 meet.Click here to read more. Continue Reading
Farmers must lead environmental sustainability fight – experts
From persuading Brazilians to eat less beef and more tilapia fish, to getting Malawi’s farmers to lay down their hoes, agriculture needs to be a major part of a shift towards a more environmentally sustainable future.Click here to read more. Continue Reading
Sprouting success in Senegal: trees offer growing solution to Sahel
Farmers are finding that restoring soils with trees boosts crops in a region where drought has caused successive food crisesClick here to read more. Continue Reading
Climate-Smart Agriculture Produces More Food Sustainably
Soil conservation and the efficient use of water are very important in countries affected by climate change. Nuclear and isotopic techniques can help develop climate-smart soil and water management practicesClick here to read more. Continue Reading
French farmer ‘looks forward’ with conservation farming
Farms that have been in no-till for decades can be the best indicator of whether or not tilling improves soil health and farm production.Sarah Singla is an agronomic engineer and a farmer in the south of France where she manages her grandfather’s farm. The farm has been in no-till since 1980, she said. Continue Reading
Evergreen Agriculture for the Great Green Wall of Africa
By Christopher Mesiku for Agroforestry WorldMay 22, 2012In a recent BBC interview, World Agroforestry Centre scientists agree that the Sahara Desert is expanding and they are committed to support efforts to stop i Continue Reading