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by - Some farmers are combating climate change, boosting food security and improving their livelihoods by protecting and managing on-farm trees. A new report details how to spread this practice throughout the African drylands.
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by Chris Reij - June 27, 2013President Obama is in Africa this week to discuss development, investment, health, and, notably, food security. The trip comes on the heels of the president’s groundbreaking announcement of a U.S. Climate Action Plan. So it’s a fitting time for Obama and other global leaders to take notice of a strategy that addresses both climate change and food security in Africa—re-greening.
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by Jesse Ribot and Anne M. Larson - October 2007Can policies designed to maximize exploitation by elites benefit the people who live in forests? Forestry policy throughout the developing world originates from European "scientific" forestry traditions exported during the colonial period. These policies were implemented by
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August 2003WRI's business case studies go deeper into some of the most promising projects represented in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse, providing detailed description and analysis of each business model, the market segment in which it operates, its successes and challenges, potential replicability and
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by Edited by Lori Ann Thrupp - September 1996The world's farmers face a major challenge achieving food security for 5.7 billion people while producing crops sustainably.