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EverGreen Maize for Africa project report
This project report is based on the EverGreen Maize for Africa (EMA)project - an initiative between the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and DuPont Pioneer to promote the use of fertilizer trees as part of integrated soil ...
Gender in Agroforestry: Implications for Action-Research
Women in sub-Saharan Africa are major contributors
to the agricultural economy, but their lower access
than men to productive resources and opportunities,
limits them from achieving optimal production. This
paper gives a ...
Influence of putative forest refugia and biogeographic barriers on the level and distribution of genetic variation in an African savannah tree, Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss
Phylogeographic studies of tropical and subtropical
tree species provide an ideal method to study the role of forest
refugia in the structuring of genetic diversity in contemporary
populations. To date, most studies have ...
EverGreen Maize for Africa Project Fact Sheet
EMA is part of wider EverGreen Agriculture (EGA) practices being implemented in Zambia to increase farmers’ opportunities to improve and sustain maize yields using locally available resources.
Spatial Variation in Tree Density and Estimated Aboveground Carbon Stocks in Southern Africa
Variability in woody plant species, vegetation assemblages and anthropogenic activities derails the efforts to have common approaches for estimating biomass and carbon stocks in Africa. In order to suggest management ...
Agroforestry demo plots harvest report
During the month of May, 2015, Agroforestry Research Team undertook the activity of
harvest in all the districts in Eastern Province where EMA demonstration plots are. The total
number of demos from where maize was harvested ...
Is rainfed agriculture really a pathway from poverty?
Agriculture’s potential to reduce poverty at household level is explored for rainfed crop production in
Africa and India. A literature survey of crop improvement and natural resource management interventions
demonstrates ...
La parité hommes-femmes dans le secteur agroforestier: Incidences pour la recherche-action
Les femmes en Afrique subsaharienne contribuent
énormément à l’économie agricole, toutefois, leur
accès limité, par rapport aux hommes, aux
ressources et opportunités de production, les
empêchent d’atteindre une production ...
The Chinyanja Triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, Southern Africa: Status of, and Prospects for, Agriculture, Natural Resources Management and Rural Development
The Chinyanja Triangle (CT) is an area inside the Zambezi
River Basin, inhabited by Chinyanja-speaking people
sharing a similar history, language and culture across
the dryland systems of the eastern province of Zambia,
...