In a country where good news is scarce, a pioneering agroforestry project in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is restoring heavily degraded landscapes and providing much-needed food for ...

International Day of Forests was marked on March 21 and, policymakers, conservationists, and the private sector must recognise agroforestry as a key solution to Uganda’s environmental and food ...

Maxwell Ochoo’s first attempt at farming was a dismal failure. In Ochieng Odiere, a village near the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, “getting a job is a challenge,” the 34-year-old says. To earn some ...

Complementarity in the distribution of tree and crop root systems is important to minimise competition for resources whilst maximising resource use in agroforestry systems. A field study was conducted ...

New Delhi: The Centre has issued model rules for the felling of trees on agricultural land in a bid to promote agroforestry with the aim of doubling farmers' incomes, increasing tree cover outside ...

A stakeholder’s workshop to promote the development of agro-forestry and tree planting has ended at Walewale in the Northern Region. The forum, which was attended by community leaders, assemblymen, ...

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More research is needed to determine how well small agroforestry farms contribute to conservation. Picture credit: World Agroforestry Centre. * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of ...

A two-day agro forestry workshop held at the College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, recommended the establishment of the State Agroforestry Board and Farm Forestry Department under the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Agroforestry, or forest gardening, is the practice of growing of trees, shrubs, herbs, and vegetables together in a group mimicking a forest, or ...

Jianchu Xu, East-Asia Coordinator for the World Agroforestry Centre, which has been providing technical expertise and training for the project since 2008, said agroforestry – in this case the growing ...