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How to be sustainable: work together
At least one regional research-in-development project in Southeast Asia has found that working together is the best way to ensure a sustainable future. By Dienda CP Hendrawan and Sacha Amaruzaman...
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Green Growth in Indonesia meets the Bonn Challenge
At the First Asia Bonn Challenge High-level Meeting in Palembang, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia’s first Masterplan for Renewable Resources-Driven Green Growth was launched thanks to the...
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ASEAN foresters need closer integration
Representatives of several ASEAN member states agreed that closer integration of community forestry across the region would help to improve farmers’ livelihoods, trade and environmental management....
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Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry
A new network of agroforestry experts is forming in the Mekong region to share knowledge about agroforestry for food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and land restoration. The...
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Gubernorial Regulation promulgated on green economic growth in South Sumatra,...
South Sumatra Province continues pushing green-growth planning, aiming for sustainable development, with support from the World Agroforestry Centre South Sumatra Gubernorial Regulation No. 21/2017 on...
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Lack of knowledge may impede economic potential
Farmers in Java and Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia lack information on teak cultivation and non-timber forest products, leaving them with inadequate skills to improve their livelihoods. By Enggar...
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Bhutan and Nepal learn more about agroforestry in Vietnam
Government officers from the two mountainous countries visited highly successful agroforestry sites in Northwest Vietnam that are restoring degraded sloping land and improving farmers’ incomes. The...
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How much carbon dioxide is emitted from smallholders’ farms on peatland?
Smallholders clear forests on peat swamps for their farms, emitting considerable amounts of greenhouse gases. But how much? Scientists from the World Agroforestry Centre went for a walk to find out....
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Agroforestry could make agriculture emissions-neutral by 2050
At a defining conference centred around the forthcoming ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development, participants heard that integrating more trees into farming systems will reduce greenhouse gas...
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Options for trees on farms in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Researchers are exploring existing systems that mix trees with rice, oil palm and other species on both mineral and peat soils so as to understand how farmers can increase biodiversity Growing more...
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Free community labour: critical to Ethiopia’s drive to restore land and...
Farmers and pastoralists have contributed countless hours of labour across Ethiopia’s vast and varied landscapes through an under-recognized program By Emily Sigman* Farmers and pastoralists in...
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Planting trees on a stony hill: a story with pictures
Researchers in Indonesia have produced an illustrated book to help farmers better understand research results The illustrated story book, Menanam pohon di bukit batu (Planting trees on a stony...
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Agroforestry and land health in Malawi
In the last five years ICRAF has helped establish comprehensive soil information systems in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria. Malawi is determined to be next. Africa has over 60% of the world’s...
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ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development set to revolutionize land use...
The endorsement of the Guidelines by the region’s ministers of agriculture and forestry paves the way for implementation to restore degraded landscapes, improve food security and livelihoods,...
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‘Income that surpasses the waiting’: in dire need of trees, Malawi tries...
Success in rejuvenating land through forest-based enterprises has had dramatic outcomes for farmers. In the late afternoon in the highlands of Malawi, the air is chilly as the sun descends. But the...
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