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Philippine landcare after nine years: a study on the impacts of agroforestry on communities, farming households, and the local environment in Mindanao
World Agroforestry Centre, 2006This paper reviews the impact of the Landcare Program on, farming households, communities, and the local environments in three sites in Mindanao, Philippines: Claveria in Misamis Oriental; Lantapan in Bukidnon; and Ned, Lake Sebu in South Cotabato.DocumentAssessment of the headwaters of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia
World Agroforestry Centre, 2012The study site of Fogera Woreda is one of 106 woredas of the Amhara National Regional State and is located in the South Gondar Zone, about 65 km north of the Regional capital Bahir Dar town, onDocumentAgroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi series: profitability and land use systems in South and Southeast Sulawesi
World Agroforestry Centre, 2012This profitability assessment is an early effort to generate baseline information for the Agroforestry and Forestry in Sulawesi: Linking Knowledge with Action project the ‘AgFor project’ , for implementation in two provinces, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi. The study collected information on existing farming systems and estimated profitability for each land use.DocumentDiagnosis of farming systems in the agroforestry for livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Northwestern Viet Nam project
World Agroforestry Centre, 2013The Agroforestry for Livelihoods of Smallholder farmers in Northwestern Viet Nam project (2011-2016) focuses on agroforestry trials on farms in the northwestern mountainous region of the country. The objective of the study was to make an inventory of the current upland farming systems and identify key strengths and weaknesses of each system, including economic efficiency.DocumentAgroforestry, food and nutritional security
World Agroforestry Centre, 2013Agroforestry supports food and nutritional security through; (1) the direct provision of tree foods such as fruits and leafy vegetables and by supporting staple crop production; (2) by raising farmers’ incomes through the sale of tree products and surplus staples; (3) by providing fuels for cooking and; (4) by supporting various ecosystem services such as pollination that are essential foDocumentPayments for ecosystem services schemes: project-level insights on benefits for ecosystems and the rural poor.
World Agroforestry Centre, 2013Payments for ecosystem services (PES) provide a market based instrument to motivate changes in land use that degrade ecosystem services.DocumentAdaptation under the ‘new normal’ of climate change: The future of agricultural extension and advisory services
Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services, 2014This paper outlines the nature of the adaptation challenge, identifies past and present points of extension and advisory service (EAS) engagement, and proposes future responses. The paper focuses on the constraints and conditions of smallholder farmers in the tropics, as well as the natural resource base upon which agriculture depends.DocumentThe gender advantage: Women on the front line of climate change
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2014This publication has been compiled to illustrate the experiences of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in their work to close the gender gap and mobilise women in climate change adaptation programmes and projects.DocumentPlacing African fisheries on the COP 17 agenda
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011Climate change is set to have far-reaching ecological and economic consequences for the African continent and globally. Developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change, not only as a consequence of resource and technology constraints to adapt to climate change, but also due to a greater reliance on the productive capacity of land and natural systems.DocumentCross-sectoral integration in the Sustainable Development Goals: A nexus approach
Stockholm Environment Institute, 2014This brief proposes ways to use the water-energy-food nexus framework to facilitate cross-sectoral integration in the Sustainable Development Goals process, with the purpose of making the SDGs more cost-effective, efficient and sustainable in the long term.Pages