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Reaping the benefits of Agroforestry in Cameroon
“I do not see why a farmer should protect the forest just because people are talking about climate change. However, if you tell the farmer that by planting the improved material, they would diversify the source of his income and start harvesting within three years, then they would start listening to why this eco-system should […] Continue Reading
The riddle of Zambia’s miracle tree
Locally known as Msangu, Faidherbia Albida is considered a miracle tree by Zambian locals due to its ability to increase agricultural productivity, improve crop resilience and enhance soil fertility. Joseph Zulu, a local farmer notes that the fertilizer tree is a wonderful example of how climate-smart agriculture can be incorporated into traditional farming environments. Despite […] Continue Reading
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) to be launched in Paris
AFR100 is a pan-African, country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes in Africa under restoration by 2030. It is a platform for implementation that brings together political commitment with the necessary financial and technical support. Experience in multiple countries has demonstrated that forest landscape restoration (FLR) can deliver significant benefits. […] Continue Reading
Restoration agriculture in the corn belt
I’ve got to admit that the Corn Belt of the USA was probably the last place in the world where I thought that EverGreen Agriculture could take root. I knew that the historical trajectory of bigger farms, bigger equipment, extremely simplified maize-soybeans cropping systems, and an industrial approach to farming, all present real challenges to […] Continue Reading
Eastern and Southern African countries establish initiative to scale-up fertilizer tree technologies as a component of fertilizer subsidy programs
The Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa have approved a resolution to set up a new initiative to enable their countries to build their capacity to link the upscaling of fertilizer tree technologies with their fertilizer subsidy programs. The initiative will enable COMESA Member States to regenerate their soils and […] Continue Reading
Barking up the right tree
The Africa Rising Project of the World Agroforestry Centre has successfully changed the beliefs and misconceptions of farmers in Tanzania’s Kongwa and Kiteto Districts. The belief that trees could suck away nutrients from food crops has now been erased with farmers now enjoying the benefits of intercropping multipurpose trees with their crops. Additionally, the project […] Continue Reading