Blog for People, Food and Nature

[caption id="attachment_4910" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Rose Koech harvesting Calliandra calothyrsus at her farm in Bomet County, Kenya. She grows various fodder trees and shrubs for dairy cattle. Photo: Sherry Odeyo, ICRAF"][/caption] The United Nation's International Day of Forests and the Tree brings…

Productive agricultural landscapes, healthy communities and resilient livelihoods are all dependent on the sound management of freshwater resources. 2014 World Water Day gives us the opportunity to recall that integrated watershed management is an important factor in realizing sustainable ecological and social system…

The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative has a potentially large role to play in international actions to combat climate change. Sustainable management of forests and forest carbon stocks does more than just preserve the world’s forests and sequester atmospheric carbon - it…

By Sacha Jellinek, University of Melbourne’s Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions Agricultural landscapes in south-eastern Australia are largely cleared of native vegetation, with whatever remains surviving in small, isolated remnants surrounded by a sea of livestock grazing and/or industrial cropping. …

[caption id="attachment_5027" align="aligncenter" width="596" caption="Farmer in Lubombo, South Africa, proudly shows thatching grass, one of the many resources available from the multipurpose landscape she manages. Photo: Emmanuel Torquebiau/CIRAD"][/caption] By Emmanuel Torquebiau, French Agricultural Research Centr…

The year 2013 saw record high numbers for agricultural production and more stable commodity prices than the previous several years, but findings from the International Food Policy Research Institute’s 2013 Global Food Policy Report suggest that the state of global nutrition and food security is still fragile. The re…