Understanding agroforestry
Agroforestry is a land-use system that integrates trees or shrubs with crops and/or livestock to create a more diverse and […]
Togo: Farmers are planting trees to restore soils and improve yields
In northwest Togo, about a hundred kilometers from Lomé, the area around Mount Kloto is a beautiful and scenic landscape. […]
Burkina Faso: Empowering communities to protect the Comoé-Léraba forest
Ouangolodougou is a village in the commune of Niangoloko, about 60 kilometres from Banfora in the Cascades region of southwestern […]
Kenya: Nile Basin farmers grow food forests to restore wetlands and bring back an endangered turtle (Mongabay)
In the 44 years Naomi Rita Sitati has lived in Bukirimo village in western Kenya, she has known only one […]
Uganda: As tree cover disappears, so do its medicinal plants (Global Press Journal)
Aisha Rashid Lukwago grew up around medicinal plants. Her father was a prominent herbalist in the 1980s, known for his […]
Uganda: Shift in crops boosts fortunes of farmers (Global Press Journal)
It’s 9 a.m. in Amola village, and Alfred Ojok keeps busy trimming branches of coffee plants on his farm in […]
Ghana: Managing trees on the farm helps farmers solve problems
It’s a bright Wednesday morning and Asana Muah Bujanmie is wearing a blue golf shirt and black trousers. Mrs. Bujanmie […]
Trees, tech, and people help Mozambican park reverse nature losses (Trust)
For more than two years, park warden Pedro Muagura drove up a dirt road every month to Mozambique’s conflict-ridden Mount […]
How to do farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR)
What is FMNR? This step-by-step guide demonstrates how to practise FMNR (farmer-managed natural regeneration), from selecting the right tree species […]
Summary of a discussion: Agroforestry practices in Tanzania
Six radio stations in Tanzania have been working with Farm Radio International on programming related to agroecology. So we decided […]