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Identifying knowledge barriers to agroforestry adoption and co‐designing solutions to them
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Compared to monocultures, agroforestry can promote biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and climate resilience, whilst maintaining or enhancing production and profits. Despite this, uptake in temperate regions remains low. Knowledge gaps amongst land managers are a primary barrier to uptake, but little is known about which aspects of ...
Amelia S. C. Hood +7 more
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The role of community‐level institutions in smallholder land restoration
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract This review focuses on the role of community‐level institutions in the adoption of land restoration practices by smallholder farmers. Based on a systematic review of 72 peer‐reviewed articles from 33 low‐ and middle‐income countries, the review synthesizes recent empirical evidence on the various roles these institutions play in supporting ...
Daniel Wiegant, Soumya Balasubramanya
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Agroforestry promotion for land restoration, livelihoods and economic resilience in India
Discover ForestsAgroforestry has emerged as an important land-use strategy for addressing global challenges such as food security, environmental degradation, and livelihood sustainability.
Saakshi +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2010 The term payments for environmental services (PES) has rapidly gained popularity, with its focus on market-based mechanisms for enhancing environmental services (ES).
Meine van Noordwijk, Beria Leimona
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Trees and water: smallholder agroforestry on irrigated lands in Northern India [PDF]
Trees / Populus deltoids / Agroforestry / Afforestation / Reforestation / Models / Water use / Water balance / Evapotranspiration / Precipitation / Remote sensing / Irrigation requirements ...
Zomer, Robert J. +5 more
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End of Project Evaluation for Community Agroforestry Tree Seed bank project in Malawi
, 2014 The Community Agroforestry Tree Seed Banks project was implemented between 2009 and 2012 in Malawi and Mozambique. It was implemented by ICRAF SA in partnership with National Smallholders Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM), Land Resources ...
Mng'omba, Simon +6 more
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Social cohesion in restoration landscapes: The case of Rwanda
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Ecosystem restoration is recognized as a strategy for addressing landscape degradation. In contexts where ecological degradation overlaps with the deterioration of social cohesion, restoration must also contribute to rebuilding social ties alongside restoring ecosystems.
Valery Ndagijimana +3 more
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, 1992 This first article of the special issue of the Revue Forestière Française "Agroforesterie en zone tempérée" definies the agroforestry concept and describes the main practices that it includes according to the level of mixing perennal ligneous plants, cultures and animal production.
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Theories of care help explain a peri‐urban tree diversity paradox
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Since diversity is often a management objective for peri‐urban tree communities on public land, one might expect to find greater diversity there than on private land, where such objectives are less common. However, this expectation rests on an assumption that people control diversity towards objectives, overlooking the role of relationships ...
Jacqueline Hamilton +3 more
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Sustainable EnvironmentNature-based climate solutions, such as agroforestry, offer potential for carbon sequestration while providing co-benefits. However, the lack of scalable and low-cost measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems limits smallholder participation
Edward Idun Amoah +21 more
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