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Stories of Change
The Shop That Potatoes Built
After a highly aggressive mystery maize disease crippled crops in 2011, Kenya’s number two crop – potato – could be…
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Looking back on Forest Day
The world’s top forestry experts and high-profile decision makers gathered on the sidelines of the UN Climate talks yesterday for the last Forest Day, as the event shifts to a more integrated focus on achieving food security and overcoming climate ch…
“Come out of the forest” to save the trees
Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change – challenging the ongoing debate that forests have to be sacrificed for the sake of rural development and food security.
Shame and pride can be drivers of reforestation
“Are you a driver or a passenger in deforestation?” asked Tony Simons, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre, as he opened a discussion forum that was part of Forest Day 6, held on 2 December 2012 in Doha, Qatar in conjunction with the …
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GCARD2
The 2nd Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) will focus on the ways to implement the tasks identified in the GCARD RoadMap with special attention to “Foresight, partnerships and capacity development for innovation and impact on small-holder livelihoods”.
