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Farmers key in effort to avert African 2015 famine
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
In a recent presentation at the World Agroforestry Centre, renowned agronomist Roland Bunch put forward a case for an imminent widespread African famine by 2015 if steps are not taken to mitigate i
Forests and trees are the cornerstone of sustainable development
Thursday, December 15, 2011
As preparations for Rio+20 continue at the 2nd Inter-sessional Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in UN Headquarters and the International Year of Forests draws to a close
New wave of deforestation threatens Africa’s climate resilience
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Forest Day 5 during the UN climate change meeting examined Africa’s declining forests, the status of REDD+ negotiations and new priorities for research into forests, trees and agroforestry
New manual on measuring carbon stocks across land use systems
Monday, December 5, 2011
More than 15 years after scientists from the ASB Partnership released the first guidelines for measuring tree, vegetation and soil carbon stocks, the World A
New CGIAR research program on forests, trees, and agroforestry is launched
Monday, December 5, 2011
Ambitious 10-Year global research program aims to protect forest-carbon stocks, reduce risks for millions of farmers and forest communities.
Talking carbon finance with farmers
Friday, December 2, 2011
Valuable lessons on how to explain the science behind climate change and carbon markets to farmers is the subject of a World Agroforestry Centre policy brief that will be presented during UN climat
Innovative research methods inspire land health action
Friday, December 2, 2011
Land degradation is an environmental and developmental problem with ramifications for food security.
Climate-smart must be livelihood smart too
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
At the UN Climate Change Conference, COP17, the World Agroforestry Centre will be advocating for climate-smart agriculture which focuses on poverty alleviation.
Smallholders lack guidance needed to meet global food needs
Monday, November 21, 2011
After decades of decline in public support for farmer extension services, mobile animations, rural radio, and farmer-to-farmer advice rise to fill gap
Rio+20 ideal opportunity to better integrate forests into a green economy
Monday, November 21, 2011
International partnership calls for increased attention to forest ecosystem-based solutions ahead of Rio+20 Summit