A5026766690- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest ecology and management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Data Analysis and Archiving
World Agroforestry Centre
2016-2025
Griffith University
2023
The recent interest in multi-functional agricultural landscapes has not been matched with formal assessment of the roles that trees play across spectrum ecosystem services (ESs) provided Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A structured literature review (1995–2014) assessed 350 journal articles about provision one or more ESs by on farms and SSA. This revealed information 15 from studies 23 countries covering arid (1% studies), semi-arid (49%), sub-humid (26%) humid (24%) agro-ecological zones....
As the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins, there remains insufficient emphasis human and social dimensions of restoration. The potential that restoration holds for achieving both ecological goals can only be met through a shift toward people‐centered strategies. Toward this end, paper synthesizes critical insights from special issue “Restoration whom, by whom” to propose actionable ways center humans in ecosystem restoration, with aim generating fair sustainable initiatives. These...
ABSTRACT Healthy soil is critical for ecosystem restoration, climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, water cycling, farmer livelihoods, food nutrition security. Despite its importance, health has often been overlooked, but momentum growing as evidenced by recent high‐level initiatives such the Nairobi Declaration part of Africa Fertiliser Soil Health Action Plan European Union Mission: A Deal Europe. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration was launched 5 June 2021...
Increasing tree cover in agricultural lands can contribute to achieving global and national restoration goals, more so the drylands where trees play a key role enhancing both ecosystem livelihood resilience of communities that depend on them. Despite this, are characterized by low survival especially for species preferred local communities. We conducted study arid semi-arid areas Kenya Ethiopia with 1773 households assess how different planting management practices influence seedling...
Mary Crossland⇑ Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, United Kingdom, Afp43d{at}bangor.ac.uk.
Sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) has the potential to increase food security without detrimental effects on ecosystem services. However, adoption of SAI practices across sub-Saharan Africa not reached transformational numbers date. It is often hampered by lack context-specific practices, sub-optimal understanding tradeoffs and synergies among stakeholders, approaches that bring diverse evidence sources together with stakeholders collectively tackle complex problems. In this...
Shifting the relationship between science and decision making is a key challenge for sustainable development. We conducted two-part behavioural study linked to preparation of Kenya Agroforestry Strategy. Two virtual workshops followed data visualisation preference survey 174 technical officers compare influence peer-led facilitated workshop on inclusive, evidence-based making. A post-workshop survey, facilitator or observer reports, coded transcriptions group discussions, root causes...
Abstract Climate change, land degradation and inadequate soil nutrients pose significant threats to food security agricultural sustainability. This study aims examine the effects of planting basins with farmyard manure on total carbon (C), nitrogen (N), isotopic C (δ 13 C) N 15 N) compositions within smallholder‐managed farms in Makueni County, Kenya. The involved two management practices: (PM) conventional farming practices (FP) 12 experimental sites. Soil samples were taken at three depths...
Understanding which trees farmers prefer, what determines their survival and enhancing farmer knowledge of tree management is key to increasing cover in agricultural landscapes. This article presents data on seedling under different planting practices Kenya Ethiopia. Data were collected from 1600 households across three Counties 173 four Woredas Ethiopia, using a structured questionnaire was administered through the Open Kit. at least six months after seedlings planted. To understand how...