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July 17, 2012

Setting the Stage for Sustainable Cocoa Farming in Ghana

Continuing to look at certifications and more sustainable production of commodity crops in agricultural landscapes, the Landscapes Blog explores cocoa in West Africa today. Kassy Holmes, from the Climate Change Program of Rainforest Alliance, provides insight into an alternative production model that benefits both peop…
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July 13, 2012

Coffee and Bananas: Better Together?

Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) drew attention to the exciting new discovery that researchers from the International Institution for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) made regarding intercropping.  The recently posted article, In Uganda, Coffee and Banana Go Better Together, focuses on Uganda’s two m…
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July 12, 2012

The Increasing Importance of Business in Driving Sustainable Agriculture

[caption id="attachment_1263" align="alignleft" width="403" caption="Oil Palm Fruit at the Mill"][/caption] By Sophia Gnych (sophia.gnych@zsl.org) Biodiversity and Palm Oil Project Developer The Zoological Society of London Bogor, Indonesia The growth of large multinational retailers, manufacturers and commercial agri…
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July 11, 2012

Watershed Management: Staying Simple and Scaling Up

Watershed Connect, a project of Forest Trends, posted an article discussing watershed payment programs and addressing the long term question that has plagued practitioners and environmental policy makers for years: what is the best way to scale up watershed payment program projects?  This issue was a major point discu…
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July 9, 2012

Managing Water Resources with Integrated Approaches

While the Landscapes Blog has touched on many of the sustainable agriculture related events that occurred in Rio de Janeiro last month, it's yet to highlight the day of events focused on one of the most important elements for agriculture: water. UN-Water is the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all…
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July 5, 2012

Promoting Resilient, Adaptive, and Sustainable Agricultural Practices in India

The Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) is promoting a new Crop System Intensification agenda. The agenda demonstrates the significance of promoting sustainable agricultural practices and protecting resources through a community and farmer based approach.  WOTR recognizes that managing food security and sustaining li…
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