Trees on Farm report
New agroforestry study shows that almost half of all farmed landscapes worldwide include significant tree cover.
Released on Monday 24 August 2009 at the opening of the 2nd World Congress of Agoforestry being held in Nairobi Kenya, this is the first study to quantify the extent to which trees are a vital part of agricultural production in all regions of the world. It reveals that on more than 1 billion hectares-which make up 46 percent of the world's farmlands and are home to more than half a billion people-tree cover exceeds 10 percent.
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Trees on Farm: Analysis of Global Extent and Geographical Patterns of Agroforestry |
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Tree Cover on Agricutural Land - Global
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Thousands of farmers in Tanzania and Ghana are benefiting from an emerging trade in Allanblackia seeds. |
Farmers in in China are diversifying the tree species they plant Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
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Incorporating trees into farming systems helps to diversify income |
Faidherbia trees are used by farmers in Malawi and Zambia as fertilizer trees to replace nutrients in the soil and improve maize yields Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
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| Fodder trees in East Africa provide much-needed animal feed Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
High quality planting material ensure productive agroforestry systems Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
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| Pijuayo fruit in the Peruvian Amazon Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
Nutritious Grandillas fruits being collected in Chiweshe, Zimbabwe |
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| The Agroforestry Food Security Program in Malawi is providing farmers with trees for fuelwood, fruit, fertilizer and fodder Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
Upland Asian farmers benefit from agroforestry products for domestic consumption and market sale Image: World Agroforestry Centre |
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