Once every five years we celebrate the role of tree-based systems in human prosperity with an international congress. The World Congress on Agroforestry 2014 in Delhi, India, opened the thematic sessions today with a programme on “The Business Case of Agroforestry”. Although the Congress...

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Farmer to farmer communication might be the most effective way to ensure widespread adoption of agroforestry. “Often farmers don’t have access to research being disseminated by extension services, so they learn from other successful farmers,” explained Endri Martini of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)...

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Scientists, farmers, donors, policy makers and marketers of agroforestry products are working in isolated groups, making it difficult to complete the value chain, according to experts at the ongoing World Congress on Agroforestry in Delhi, India. In one of the sessions to discuss the...

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Several studies have confirmed that women smallholder farmers produce most of the food eaten particularly in African and Asian Countries. But according to Tony Simons, the Director General for the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), gender balance is yet to be fully realized in the...

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New findings from a village in India fly in the face of the oft-held fear that project interventions on smallholder farms are doomed to whittle away after the project ends. Presenting at a session at the World Congress on Agroforestry 2014, Bangor University researcher...

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As a farmer who is involved in dairy, I know how important fodder is in lives of farmers who keep livestock. For a farmer with livestock, the day revolves around procuring good fodder for the animals. I practice dairy farming in the Terai belt...

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In Java and Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, farmers rely heavily on commodities, timber and fruits to make a living. They grow teak, mahogany, coffee, candle nut, ginger, mango, and bamboo expecting to generate income to pay the bills. Yet according to a study by Muktasam...

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Every day, our social media team works hard to capture the sessions and discussions at the World Congress on agroforestry, through our social media channels. A dozen blogposts go online through the day (and night), and a small army of reporters capture the discussions...

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Trees in forests store carbon. So too, do trees in agroforestry systems. But just how much can agroforestry contribute to mitigating climate change? Finding an answer to this question is problematic due to a lack of knowledge about the amount of carbon individual tree...

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Vietnam has experienced an overall “decreasing trend in agroforestry” since the government launched its natural forest protection programme, stated researcher Hoa Nguyen. This counterintuitive finding was delivered in a World Agroforestry Congress session that addressed policy on agroforestry and tree-based farming systems. However, in...

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