When trees and livestock compete for land, the trees usually lose, but it doesn’t have to be this way. However, centrally designed plans to implement tree-livestock coexistence in deforested areas don’t always work on faraway farmland. The ineffectiveness can be due to trying to accomplish too much too quickly. Transforming hundreds of thousands of hectares of treeless or degraded pastures
During this session, Dr. Issa Ouedraogo – the Alliance’s Country Representative for Senegal – presented the AVENIR project (Adaptation and Valorization of Entrepreneurship in Irrigated Agriculture). Funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented in collaboration with MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates), this initiative aims to improve the socio-economic well-being and resilience of farming households in the country’s Tambacounda and Sédhiou
Stepping Up for Agriculture and Conservation During the 26th Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-26) meeting in Nairobi, this was the focus of one of the side events led by the Alliance, where representatives from NGOs, governments, international organizations, UN bodies, and other stakeholders agreed on the need to step up efforts to make these two dimensions
Climate Change Intensifies Extreme Weather and Human Insecurity in Kenya Climate change is a recognized catalyst behind the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and subsequent human insecurities. In Kenya, heavy rainfall has wrecked havoc, damaging infrastructure, crops, livestock, and causing significant loss of life and property. Arid and Semi-Arid Counties (ASACs), already strained by five consecutive failed rainy seasons
The launch brought together a diverse group of stakeholders from the National Climate-Smart Agriculture forum and other pertinent stakeholders such as policymakers, researchers, development partners, private businesses, NGOs and civil society organizations. The primary objective of the workshop was to launch the Ethiopia CSAIP and highlight the crucial role of the national Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) forum in driving its implementation.
Background In the context of the ongoing global food crisis, malnutrition and environmental degradation, there is an urgent need to build more diverse, resilient and sustainable food systems to nourish a growing population. However, the current global food system is overly reliant on a limited number of species and varieties, which are highly susceptible to pests and diseases, climate change
Green tea, whose leaves come from the same tree as black tea, but undergo a different process after harvest, plays a vital role in Vietnam’s heritage and economic present: Vietnam’s Import-Export Department estimated 2023 tea exports at 121,000 metric tons, with a current cultivation area of about 130,000 hectares.
Colombia is facing a waste management crisis. Over the past decade the country has seen a 28% increase in solid waste generation; however, the have been minimal efforts to implement efficient recycling systems, and the resulting increase in greenhouse gas emissions has positioned the country as the 35th highest emitter worldwide in 2022. To tackle this, the Colombian government has