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Beating Famine in the Sahel 2019 (PDF – 19MB)

by Douglas Sheil and Aida Bargues Tobella “Greater tree cover can reduce or increase water availability, and it is crucial to understand why” Full article here: ETFRNnews60-Sheil-More-trees-for-more-water-drylands (1)  

by David Charles How secure resource rights help communities in Africa restore forests and build local economies “Landscape restoration is not new,” said Steven Lawry, former director of CIFOR’s Forests and Governance Research portfolio. “But global and national commitments such as the Bonn Challenge and AFR100 and the urgency of addressing climate change mean...

by Tony Rinaudo   Where natural resource management principles are applied, there is “resource expansion” – more fodder, more grain, more fuel wood, more water.  These principles, including Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) directly contribute to a reduction in conflict.  Afterall, if there is enough to go around – why...

The fight against climate change has just become much more urgent and critical. The latest report by the hundreds of scientists making up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released late last year, makes two things very stark and clear: 1st, if we don’t immediately ramp up efforts to decarbonize...

Challenges and Opportunities 1. FMNR – Widespread with diverse range of trees with multiple products and uses 2. Faidherbia – highly valued but distribution is not uniform and densities are low: Natural regeneration in natural range Plant air pruned seedlings outside its range Direct sow with pre treated seed 3. Other Planted Systems:...

Trees grown on agricultural land significantly contribute to global carbon budgets, say authors in this recent study. If carbon from trees grown on agricultural land was well accounted for, total carbon estimates for agricultural land would be more than four times higher than they currently are, they add. This is good...

Dr. Dennis Garrity, Drylands Ambassador for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Distinguished Senior Research Fellow, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and Chair of the EverGreen Agriculture Partnership, speaking on bringing together land restoration and peacebuilding for a sustainable future in conflict-prone drylands. Click here to watch the video

Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) is a summit meeting on African development. The summit was initiated by Japan in 1993 and so far five conferences have been held in Japan. Its main objective is to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and their partners as well as mobilize...

Rural farmers in many parts of the world are already using ‘smart’ agricultural practices like intercropping, agroforestry and rainwater harvesting. But what if those practices benefitted the livelihoods and landscapes of millions more? Climate-smart agriculture, the raft of sustainable agricultural practices designed to help farmers overcome hunger, adapt to climate...

A new case study and video clip on EverGreen Agriculture has been produced by WRENmedia with support from EIARD.  These new products describe EverGreen Agriculture and its role in restoring exhausted soils with richer sources of organic nutrients, helping smallholders increase crop yields and incomes, and adapt to climate change.