Agroforestry is an integrated system of trees and shrubs and/or crops and livestock within a managed agriculture area and has potential in improving food security in developing countries by fully utilising land, improving crop yields, diversifying farmer income and improving environmental sustainability.
Last month the United National Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) published an “Advancing Agroforestry on the Policy Agenda” guide, detailing case studies from countries including Kenya, Costa Rica, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon.
To read more about agroforestry and how it can be beneficial in farming systems see this recent article “How agroforestry schemes can improve food security in developing countries” by Caspar van Vark in The Guardian newspaper.
2 Comments
Leave a Reply
Related News & Blogs
CABI-led PlantwisePlus training to help increase livelihoods and greater food security in Papua New Guinea
Two international experts in crop and plant health from CABI have visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) to provide training in crop pests and disease which may help increase livelihoods and greater food security in the country. Agriculture is vital to PNG. It…
22 April 2024
[…] See on blog.plantwise.org […]
[…] Improving Food Security Using Agroforestry Schemes (plantwise.org) […]