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Tag: agroforestry

From the Amazon to the Caatinga: What agroforestry can do for Brazil

Agribusiness is destroying Brazil’s ecosystems. In this guest op-ed, two young farmers explain how agroforestry offers an alternative.

 

5 things you need to know about regenerative agriculture

In this guide, find out all you need to know about regenerative agriculture: what it is, how it works and why it’s so important

 

Éliane Ubalijoro: “The lungs of the planet are here in Africa”

In this exclusive interview, Éliane Ubalijoro reflects on a career devoted to tackling poverty and food insecurity across the Global South.

 

How can financial disclosures support sustainable business?

GLF Live with Nicoletta Centofanti, Jingdong Hua and David Craig

 

AI farming, deep-sea mining and the hottest month ever

News to know in the Landscape News digest

 
Cocoa production has long been a driver of deforestation, but increased awareness about its sustainability is changing this pattern. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR-ICRAF

How to boost the sustainability of cocoa value chains

A look at on-farm ways to increase cocoa sustainability and decrease deforestation

 
Food harvested from landscapes mixed with agriculture and forestry. Icaro Cooke Vieira, CIFOR

Forests in agrifood systems are key to avoiding environmental ‘iceberg’

Three papers on agrifood sustainability through forests and trees launched at digital forum hosted by FAO and the GLF.

 
Mercy Nqandek speaking at Greenpop's Reforest Fest. Photo by Schalk Hanekom

For restoring rural landscapes and communities in South Africa, equity is key

Mercy Nqandeka puts rights at the center of food and water security.

 
Eucalyptus trees, right, cleared for tree plantations Kenya's Mau Forest area, where trees are crucial for protecting the water supply for 3 million people. Patrick Shepherd, CIFOR

What do we talk about when we talk about tree-planting?

Tree-planting is having a heyday in the headlines, but we must be careful what we say to ensure its beneficial to the planet.

 
Courtesy of Crop Trust

How to feed a growing global population in the midst of a climate crisis

Leading experts say the answer lies in two places: genetic diversity and agroecology.

 
Fruit, vegetable and meat consumption were used to determine quality of household diet in a recent study that looked at how forests can help fight hidden hunger. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

In the tropics, forests can help fight hidden hunger

A lack of micronutrients in diets is an issue known as “hidden hunger." Forests can help this, but only if carefully integrated with local realities.

 
A 2011 satellite photo of the divide between the Sahara and the Sahel and southern forests of Africa. NASA

As the Sahel dries, the Sahara advances

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1

 
Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

 
Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

Will the Great Green Wall’s architecture support its future?

Part three of a Landscape News series on the Great Green Wall focuses on the future of the restoration initiative that could change the landscape of Africa.

 
A lone tree stands in the Sahara, whose encroachment on the Sahel has led to the desertification of lands and inspired the Great Green Wall. orientalizing, Flickr

Here stands the Great Green Wall

An in-depth look at the progress and holdbacks of Africa's Great Green Wall, one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts.

 

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