Last week at the Kick-off Workshop in Accra, Ghana, the ELD activities in the scope of the "Evergreening Africa with Trees" Project were officially introduced t...o the 38 participants. They represented national and international stakeholders such as the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Universities, Research Facilities, the European Union in Ghana, World Agroforestry Centre, World Vision Ghana and more. The workshop provided a platform for the involved institutions to discuss potential spatial and thematic focuses for the upcoming ELD study in Ghana as well as the capacity development concept which includes a formal training by experts from the The Australian National University.
See MoreDid you ever pass an orchard with branches bursting with flowers and wonder how the trees "know" when to blossom or bear fruit at the same time? If neighboring trees are synchronized, are they communicating somehow? A new UC Davis study sheds some light on these questions.
The Fall Army worm eats up to 80 different crops, but its favorite is maize—a staple food consumed by over 300 million African smallholder farm families. Learn how a new guide for integrated pest management will help protect their food security, nutrition and livelihoods: http://bit.ly/2nwYG9u
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) , USAID - US Agency for International Development
New tool: a climate change atlas that presents current and future suitability maps for 54 species that are commonly used as shade in agroforestry systems in Central America. Download here: bit.ly/2AEx8IW
Bioversity International CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza)
The project "Evergreening Africa with trees" is conducting today the kick-off workshop. This project, supported by the #EU, intends to reverse land degradation ...in Ghana through scalling-up #evergreen Agriculture.
Implementing partners, namely, GIZ, World Agroforestry Centre and World Vision Ghana, National stakeholders from universities and research institutes, as well as MOFA, Environmental Protection Agency and Water Resource Commission and the European Union in Ghana are participating in the workshop and contributing for the definition of the project roadmap and future interventions in #Ghana.
#ReGreenGhana
#europeaid
#EUinGhana
Can Brazil develop an oil palm industry that is both productive
and environmentally friendly?
A study of oil palm grown in trial plots of ecologically diverse agroforestry systems in
the Amazonian state of Pará, northern Brazil suggests it may be possible.
Through the Dendê Project: Agroforestry Systems and Farming (dendê is Portugese for palm oil), smallholder farmers of the Forquilha Community, Tomé-Açú in Pará state, Eastern Amazonia, Brazil came together for a participa...tory workshop to implement agroforestry Demonstration Units.
Read more: https://goo.gl/3DJwQc
#RestauraciónDePaisajes Con un trabajo liderado por el Centro Internacional de Investigación en Agroforestería -#ICRAF, el Programa de Desarrollo Forestal Sostenible, Inclusivo y Competitivo en la Amazonía Peruana del Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre -#SerforCAF, convocó a un taller para presentar los resultados de Restauración de Paisajes, básicamente en la provincia de Padre Abad. Asistieron representantes del el Gobierno Regional de Ucayali, Programa Naciona...l de Conservación de Bosques -#PNCB, el Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado -#SernanpPNUD; la Autoridad Regional Ambiental de Ucayali -#ARA; la Dirección Regional de Agricultura -#DRAU, la Municipalidad Provincial de Padre Abad; el Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura -#IVITA de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, entre otros.
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#RestauraciónDePaisajes Con un trabajo liderado por el Centro Internacional de Investigación en Agroforestería -#ICRAF, el Programa de Desarrollo Forestal Soste...nible, Inclusivo y Competitivo en la Amazonía Peruana del Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre -#SerforCAF, convocó a un taller para presentar los resultados de Restauración de Paisajes, básicamente en la provincia de Padre Abad. Asistieron representantes del el Gobierno Regional de Ucayali, Programa Nacional de Conservación de Bosques -#PNCB, el Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado -#SernanpPNUD; la Autoridad Regional Ambiental de Ucayali -#ARA; la Dirección Regional de Agricultura -#DRAU, la Municipalidad Provincial de Padre Abad; el Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura -#IVITA de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, entre otros.
See MoreThe Netherlands – CGIAR call launched to improve seed systems in Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa!
NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, in close collaboration with CGIAR and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform - F&BKP have launched a call for proposals to gain insights on increasing the contribution of high-quality ‘seed’ in improving smallholder farmers’ food and income security.
>>>Deadline for full proposals: 30 August 2018.<<<
Further details available here: http://on.cgiar.org/2EpSAzQ
#Scholarship Call for Applications for Ph.D. Fellowships under the German Academic Exchange Service–– DAAD :-for innovative research topics related to Forestry, Agroforestry & Agro Biodiversity (in East African countries).
>>> DEADLINE: 2 February 2018 <<<
More details at the link: https://goo.gl/LCqUso
Press release: Which Tree? Where? Why?
Farmers in #India can now choose from 25 species of trees based on their usefulness for timber, fruit, fuel, fodder, building and medicine.
Read more: https://goo.gl/bLNeV2
We are hiring! See open vacancies 
👇🏽 and apply here 
➡️ http://bit.ly/1Wp7ig3
Applications for the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry's Independent Steering Committee (ISC) are open until January 31.
Independent ISC members bring recognized, state-of-the-art scientific expertise in fields relevant to forests, trees and agroforestry (FTA), and insights from diverse sectors (such as national agricultural research systems, development agencies, the private sector, civil society, farmer organizations), and broaden perspectives and views about FTA.
Details at the link!
Bill Gates & UK Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt MP at the launch of the University’s The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security.
#aidworks #ukaid
Millions of farmers in Africa, who depend on agriculture to support their families, struggle to grow enough crops to put food on the table because of natural disasters such as drought, or floods, which destroy their livelihoods.
Now UK scientists, backed by DFID - UK Department for International Development, are using their expertise to identify the specific genes in crops that help them be more nutritious, grow faster and are more resilient to disease and extreme weather. #AidWorks GALVmed ILRI
Read more at the link!
#Scholarship Call for Applications for Ph.D. Fellowships under the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD):-for innovative research topics related to Forestry, Agroforestry & Agro Biodiversity (in East African countries).
>>> DEADLINE: 2 February 2018 <<<
More details at the link: https://goo.gl/LCqUso
There is nothing better than a tree to simultaneously
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⇒ Sequester carbon from the atmosphere
⇒ Bring up water and nutrients from the ground
⇒ Provide a framework for above and below-ground biodiversity to flourish
⇒ Build up soil organic matter and thus soil carbon...
⇒ Innovate new farm diversification enterprises
⇒ Make agricultural landscapes more resilient
⇒ Record climate history
