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Effects of local institutions on the adoption of agroforestry innovations: evidence of farmer managed natural regeneration and its implications for rural livelihoods in the Sahel

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger
Forest Tenure
agroforestry systems
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Lessons for research, capacity development and policy in agroforestry for development

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Forest Tenure
agroforestry systems
agricultural and rural legislation
agriculture
research
capacity development
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Special Issue: Lessons for research, capacity development and policy in agroforestry for development

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Forest Tenure
agroforestry systems
agricultural and rural legislation
agriculture
research
capacity development
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Food versus fuel: Examining tradeoffs in the allocation of biomass energy sources to domestic and productive uses in Ethiopia

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
Forest Tenure
agriculture
natural resources management
farming systems
agroforestry systems
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Cropland restoration as an essential component to the forest landscape restoration approach - Global effects of widescale adoption

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forestry
forest management plans
land management
farmland
farming systems
land degradation
deforestation
sustainable land management
agriculture
Existing approaches and methodologies that investigate effects of land degradation on food security vary greatly. Although a relatively rich body of literature that investigates localized experiences, geophysical and socioeconomic drivers of land degradation, and the costs and benefits of avoiding land degradation already exists, less rigorously explored are the global effects of restoring degraded landscapes.
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Implications of wide-scale cropland restoration: A crucial element of the forest landscape restoration approach

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
farmland
youth
food security
land degradation
deforestation
forestry
sustainable land management
forest management plans
agriculture
The results of this study reveal that the full inclusion of crop production in the forest landscape restoration approach could produce largescale,
worldwide benefits for food security and therefore facilitate a wide uptake of restoration practices and the implementation of large
restoration projects. The positive impacts are multifaceted and significant in size: a reduction in malnourished children ranging from three
to six million; a reduced number of people at risk of hunger, estimated to be between 70 and 151 million; reduced pressure for expansion