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Brett Anthony Bryan, CSIRO Australia’s agricultural lands help to feed about 60 million people worldwide, and also support tens of thousands of farmers as well as rural communities and industries. But a growing global population with a growing appetite is placing increasing demands on our agricultural land. At the same time, the climate is warming […]

By Mafalda Duarte. Originally published by The World Bank’s Development in a Changing Climate Blog as Empowering a greener future. This is Morocco’s Noor 1 concentrated solar power plant, the first phase of what will eventually be the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world. It is an impressive sight—visible even from space–and it […]

By Alison Hoare and Eleanor Glover. Originally published by Chatham House. Small- and medium-sized forestry enterprises (SMFEs) make up a large proportion of the forest sector, accounting for over half the timber production and supporting hundreds of thousands of livelihoods in developing countries − over 50 per cent of the forest sector workforce. But they […]

By Kate Langford. Originally published by Agroforestry World. A shift towards monoculture plantations and higher chemical use is of great concern to many in the Mekong region, particularly due to the impact this is having on food security and health. Farmers who have resisted monoculture cropping, and opted to maintain or create mixed-species agroforestry systems, […]

Miguel Altieri, University of California, Berkeley President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe that normalizing relations will spur investment that can help Cuba develop its economy and improve life for its citizens. But in agriculture, U.S. investment could cause harm instead. For the […]

By Diana Suhardiman and Emily Koo (IWMI). Originally published by the Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems as Farmers’ strategies to cope with land loss. Laos has conceded a significant amount of land to foreign investors, with estimates placing 15% of the country’s land under foreign control. Such land concessions, or the granting of […]