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Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study.

Over the past 20 years the Guatemalan government has delivered about US$ 173 million in incentives for reforestation and restoration.

Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty will require a 50 percent increase in food production in the next 15 years. In fact, a global food revolution is urgently needed, argues a recent paper by a number of leading scientists working with the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). Without […]

Climate change is one of the most powerful forces affecting agricultural landscapes today and will only be more so in the future.

In Indonesia, getting kids to eat healthy foods is a vital step toward overcoming problems of stunting and child mortality.

While tropical forests continued to decline, a remarkable change is happening: tree cover on agricultural land has increased across the globe.

 By Dhanush Dinesh, originally published at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)  In order for agriculture to be climate-smart, there is also the need to be water-smart, landscape-smart, energy-smart, knowledge-smart and gender-smart.   This week marks a very important period in history: world leaders are gathering at the UN Climate Summit in New […]

Few would doubt that agriculture is one of the key sectors of the future – for feeding a growing world population, improving rural livelihoods and reducing poverty. And if managed sustainably, agriculture can help fight climate change and protect biodiversity. Still, the contributions of 500 million family farmers to food security are undervalued. To highlight […]

Kalibata details country’s hard road to fixing farms, forests and boosting livelihoods WARSAW, Poland (21 November 2013) — Rwanda has made major strides in repairing degraded lands and restoring agricultural productivity, correcting “huge mistakes” in land management that were made in the past, the country’s top agricultural official said. Africa’s most densely populated country is […]

MEDIA ADVISORY World leaders, experts to deliberate: Can we grow enough food for 9 billion people without destroying Earth’s forests and accelerating climate change? Journalists welcome to attend the Global Landscapes Forum at the University of Warsaw, Saturday and Sunday, 16-17 November. Go to www.landscapes.org/media-contact Download PDF version One of the most vital events of its […]