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Agroforestry

• The state of the world’s forests 2022: forest pathways for green recovery and building inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies

  <p>The State of the World&rsquo;s Forests 2022 explores the potential of three forest pathways - halting deforestation and maintaining forests; restoring degraded lands and expanding agroforestry; and sustainably using forests and building green value chains - for achieving green recovery and tackling environmental crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss</p>

  • 02/05/2022

  • FAO
  • • Forests
    • Trees
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Agroforestry
    • Deforestation
    • Climate Change
    • India
    • Global

• Repurposing agricultural subsidies to restore degraded farmland and grow rural prosperity

  This report highlights why governments should reinvest underperforming public agricultural subsidies in land restoration. Evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America shows that subsidies for low-carbon

  • 25/08/2021

  • World Resources Institute
  • • Agriculture
    • Subsidies
    • Land Degradation
    • Agroforestry
    • India
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • South America

• Sustainable agriculture in India 2021: what we know and how to scale up.

  This study, in collaboration with the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), provides an overview of the current state of sustainable agriculture practices and systems (SAPSs) in India. It aims to help policymakers,

  • 20/04/2021

  • Council on Energy
  • • Agriculture
    • India
    • Organic Farming
    • Agroforestry
    • Agricultural Systems

• A road less travelled by migratory farmers of Odisha: innovative agroforestry practices

  A success story of migrant farmers from Bolangir and Nuapada districts who have adopted innovative agroforestry practices, including intercropping with bio-fortified staple food crops, vegetables and an

  • 01/01/2021

  • World Agroforestry Centre
  • • Farmers
    • Agroforestry
    • Migration
    • Bolangir (D)
    • Nuapada (D)
    • Odisha

• Restoring landscapes in India for climate and communities

  A new report from WRI India found that the Sidhi district could economically and ecologically benefit from landscape restoration. When implemented at scale in Sidhi, restoring land could conserve biodiversity,

  • 01/12/2020

  • World Resources Institute
  • • Land Degradation
    • Deforestation
    • Agroforestry
    • Forest Rights Act 2006
    • Climate Change
    • Sidhi (D)
    • Madhya Pradesh

• Assessing agroforestry practices and soil and water conservation for climate change adaptation in Kenya: A cost-benefit analysis

  This study uses CBA to analyze the economic worthiness of adaptation measures currently being practiced by some farmers on their land in Kenya. Researchers used cost-benefit analysis to analyse the financial

  • 01/11/2020

  • FAO
  • • Climate Change
    • Climate Adaptation
    • Agroforestry
    • Water Conservation
    • Cost Benefit Analysis
    • Kenya
    • Africa

• Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans: supplementary guidelines

  The Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans: Supplementary guidelines provide specific guidance for national adaptation planning in the forestry sector. They are intended to be

  • 01/11/2020

  • FAO
  • • Climate Adaptation
    • Climate Change
    • Agroforestry
    • India
    • Forests
    • Africa
    • Global

• Forests and trees: At the heart of land degradation neutrality

  <p>Forest and land degradation undermines the foundation of human prosperity and well-being. It threatens our food and water supplies, our climate, and the biodiversity that underpins the <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/forest-trees-land-degradation.pdf"

  • 26/08/2019

  • UNCCD
  • • Forests
    • Carbon Sequestration
    • Agroforestry
    • Forest Conservation
    • Forest Management
    • India
    • Women
    • Africa
    • Traditional Knowledge
    • Indigenous Peoples

• Doubling farmers’ income through Populus deltoides-based agroforestry systems in northwestern India: an economic analysis

  <p>There is widespread use of poplar in pulp and paper, match splints, pencil and plywood industries, in northern India.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Populus-deltoides-agro-forestry.pdf"

  • 25/07/2019

  • Current Science
  • • Agriculture
    • Farmers
    • Agroforestry
    • Poplar
    • Intercrop Systems
    • Agricultural Research
    • Haryana
    • India

• Local perceptions and adaptation of indigenous communities to climate change: Evidences from High Mountain Pangi valley of Indian Himalayas

  <p>The present study was undertaken with aim to understand the perceptions of indigenous communities about climate change pattern and its local impacts on climate variables, seasons, agriculture, biodiversity

  • 01/01/2019

  • Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
  • • Climate Change
    • Climate Adaptation
    • Himalaya
    • Chamba (D)
    • Himachal Pradesh
    • Agriculture
    • Rainfall Pattern
    • Traditional Knowledge
    • Agroforestry
    • Farmers
    • Livestock
    • Horticulture
    • India