There is more going on in DPR Korea than rocket science: local people in collaboration with natural resources scientists are taking control of their food supply through agroforestry. This is according to a report published ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2012
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Agroforestry, combined with land and water management practices that increase agricultural productivity, can save watersheds from degradation.
Environment
Mar 27, 2014
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Small and large-scale farmers in Riau province, Sumatra, have been blamed for the recent choking smoke smothering Singapore and parts of Malaysia. But scientists in Indonesia have added a third category of 'mid-level entrepreneurs'. ...
Environment
Jul 8, 2013
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The value of forests and tree-based ecosystems extends far beyond carbon sequestration; they are the foundation of sustainable societies.
Environment
Mar 21, 2014
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Forests and trees play a major role on water cycles and cooler temperatures, contributing to food security and climate change adaptation. In recent decades, the climate change discourse has looked at forests and trees mostly ...
Environment
Mar 20, 2017
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Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study by researchers from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Princeton ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2017
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Formalizing trade in herbal medicinal products has the potential to increase the demand for on-farm grown raw material and raise the level of cultivation of medicinal tree species in smallholder farms.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2014
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In a recent article in Nature, Keith Shepherd and the Land Health Decisions team at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), together with their external partners, propose a radically new method to the SDG community that would ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2015
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Urgent action is needed by countries to better manage forest genetic resources, to ensure that people can continue to rely on these resources for their nutrition, livelihoods and resilience over the long term. Ready access ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2014
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-With rising food and energy costs, smallholder farmers are looking for alternative crops that can generate more income and provide a better livelihood; however, bringing in new crops without tried and tested evidence about ...
Biotechnology
Apr 3, 2014
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