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Purity, a Kenyan farmer shares her experiences and benefits of dairy farming with fodder trees. Click here to watch the video Continue Reading

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is an approach which World Vision uses to restore degraded land in projects throughout the world. The practice of FMNR can increase crop yields, firewood and livestock fodder. It can diversify household income sources through the sale of excess tree and non-tree products. It also has the ability enhance resilience to […] Continue Reading

Kuki Njeru’s eyes sparkle as she discusses her bamboo business. “There’s immense potential in restoring the gullies with bamboo,” she says. “Not only does it grow well on degraded land, it helps stabilize soils and prevent erosion as well.” A co-founder of GreenPot Enterprises, Kenya’s first integrated bamboo company, Njeru is the face of a […] Continue Reading

Dr. Dennis Garrity talks about the collaboration between World Agroforestry Center, Kenya Forestry Research Institute and Better Globe Forestry Ltd to reduce poverty in Kenya by helping farmers earn an income through dryland tree planting.     Click here for the full video Continue Reading

Rwanda has been confronted by the vagaries of a changing climate in recent years. Hailstorms, floods, strong winds, heavy rains leading to landslides, prolonged droughts and changed weather patterns have become more recurrent, making seasons increasingly unpredictable and traditional indicators no longer suitable. This has many implications for the mostly rain-fed agriculture sector in Rwanda, […] Continue Reading

“The contribution of trees in agriculture into the global carbon balance is still widely ignored. And if we don’t … start really blasting this message around the world, we are missing one of the biggest opportunities that this institution has had for many, many years.” This is how Dennis Garrity, UN’s Drylands Ambassador and former Director […] Continue Reading