Assessing economics of land management to regreen Kenya
By Christine Magaju The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative organized a five-day training at Jacaranda hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the ‘Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by scaling up Evergreen Agriculture project (Regreening Africa)’s first...
Regreening Africa!
BY SUSAN CHOMBA AND KARL HUGHES · JUNE 20, 2018 Land degradation, desertification and drought are widespread, affecting millions of livelihoods across Sub-Saharan Africa. A new project is setting out to reverse the trend. The United Nations General Assembly declared...
ELD and ICRAF hold capacity building workshops on Regreening Africa
By Wangu Mwangi The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) kicked-off capacity building workshops for eight African countries participating in the EU-funded ‘Scaling Up Evergreen Agriculture’ project. The project...
Regreening Ethiopia!
BY MAY MUTHURI · FEBRUARY 27, 2018 To combat desertification and regreen arid and semi-arid areas in Ethiopia and seven other countries, a consortium of partners faces big challenges. A ‘perfect storm’ of challenges is facing the Reversing Land Degradation in Africa...
Afrique: Environnement, le projet «des arbres pour reverdir l’Afrique» lancé dans 8 pays
The international NGO World Vision launched this Tuesday, February 6, 2018, a new project of large scale regreening by agroforestry. The project "Trees to Rejuvenate Africa" is being launched in partnership with Icraf, Oxfam Search Oxfam and Giz, as an on-site...
Lancement du Projet de reverdissement à grande échelle: World Vision Sénégal cible 80 000 ménages pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie
Conscients que la terre est la base de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, du bain être et du développement, mais aussi le moteur de la croissance économique dans de nombreux pays d’Afrique, les agences d’exécution que sont le Centre International...
Assessing opportunities for sustainable land management in Africa: A cost-benefit approach in eight countries
The growing loss of land Land degradation, desertification, and drought are widespread global issues that increasingly threaten the future of our environment. They result in the loss of ecosystem services from land and land-based ecosystems that are necessary for...
Assessing opportunities for sustainable land management in Africa: A cost-benefit approach in eight countries
Land degradation, desertification, and drought are widespread global issues that increasingly threaten the future of our environment. They result in the loss of ecosystem services from land and land-based ecosystems that are necessary for human livelihoods. Food...
Beating Famine Conference
Beating Famine is a series of conferences addressing land degradation and the root environmental causes of poverty and famine. The first Beating Famine conference was held in Kenya in 2012. It launched a five-year FMNR (Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration) in Kenya,...
Evergreen Agriculture Project to kick start in UE and Northern Regions
A new food security and climate change project, dubbed, "Scaling-up Evergreen Agriculture Project" is to kick start in the Bawku West, Garu and Mion Districts of the Upper Easy and the Northern Regions respectively. The European Union-funded project seeks to improve...