Farms

By Jeff Campbell, Manager of the Forest and Farm Facility Family Forests and trees on farms are part of Family Farming systems. A large proportion of forest dependent people in the world are also family farmers and a significant number of family farmers depend heavily on forests. Family forests overlap directly with family farming in […]

Originally published by Barbara Fraser on the Forests News Blog.  LIMA, Peru — Ricardo Vásquez Sánchez glances up at the dry thatched roof on the wood-framed platform that is his home in Peru’s sweltering Amazon lowlands. “If a spark lands there, it’ll go up in flames,” he says. It is a very real danger, especially […]

By Robert Zougmoré, Regional Program Leader CCAFS West Africa Members of the Ghanaian Parliament have committed to support the mainstreaming of climate change into agricultural investment initiatives in Ghana, including research on climate-smart agriculture to benefit the most vulnerable populations. On 29 January 2014, government ministers, members of parliament and other high-level policy makers in […]

A new land-use study focuses on the agricultural and environmental impacts of fertilizer use in Africa. For the first time, researchers look at the problem at a continental scale. Farmers in Africa increasingly turn towards the cheaper, nitrogen-based products – with negative consequences for yields and environmental costs felt beyond the agricultural sector. The study […]

Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo is responsible for achieving Biosphere Reserve status for the Sierra Gorda under an exceptional public-private co-management system. Through her work and advocacy, 33 per cent of the State of Querétaro is now protected as a Biosphere Reserve engaging more than 34,000 people in community environmental education programs, solid waste management, soil […]

Certifications have become common in certain globally-trading agricultural sectors, such as the coffee industry. But scaling up certification to encompass the whole landscape – including ecosystem services – is much trickier. At the same time, researchers are experimenting with extending certification schemes to other sectors, for example livestock agriculture. Capturing the entire supply-chain can be […]