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March 15, 2014

Agroforestry can ensure food security and mitigate the effects of climate change in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Mar 12, 2014
Agroforestry can help to achieve climate change mitigation and adaptation while at the same time providing livelihoods for poor smallholder farmers in Africa. Scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) say agroforestry - which is an integrated land use management technique that incorporates trees and shrubs with crops and livestock on farms - could be a win-win solution to the seemingly difficult choice between reforestation and agricultural land use, because it increases the storage of c ... read more

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