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Subsistence farmers are among the people most vulnerable to current climate variability. Climate models predict that climate change will lead to warmer temperatures, increasing rainfall variability, and increasing severity and frequency of extreme weather events. Agroforestry, or the intentional use of trees in the cropping system, has been proposed by many development practitioners as a potential strategy to help farmers reduce their vulnerability to climate change. This study explores...
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Climate change may create serious problems for farmers by increasing precipitation variability and drought and flood events.Understanding how to build livelihood resilience to these effects is a pressing need.Agroforestry is one potential solution.Although many people intuitively link agroforestry with livelihood resilience to floods and drought, little comprehensive empirical evidence exists.Here, we strive to answer the call for more empirical evidence by drawing on field work in Isiolo...
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This paper aims to understand the linkages between adaptive capacity and social protection within agroforestry contexts through a case study approach.It examines how elements of adaptive capacity which include assets, institutions, knowledge, innovation systems and governance, can support or be supported by social protection measures that enhance income and capabilities.For instance, a case study from Zambia demonstrates how adaptive capacity of farmers has led to the strengthening of their...
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Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More explicit inclusion of agroforestry and the...
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Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More explicit inclusion of agroforestry and the...
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Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More explicit inclusion of agroforestry and the...
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Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More explicit inclusion of agroforestry and the...
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Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More explicit inclusion of agroforestry and the...
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I would like to thank the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya, for providing funds through the USAID Linkage Project to initiate collaborative research, student and faculty exchange, and the exchange of scientific information between Oregon State University and the World Agroforestry Center. Also, Oregon State University, the Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC), Addis...