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    The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Gender
    agroforestry systems
    poverty
    women
    natural resources management
    agriculture

    Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems -- the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system -- the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty.

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    Sustainable agricultural intensification in forest frontier areas

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Indonesia
    Forest Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    agriculture
    sustainable development
    forest land
    land
    deforestation
    water management
    geographical information systems
    land administration
    land use
    rural development

    "The Lore Lindu region in Indonesia—as in many forest frontier areas in Southeast Asia—has experienced rapid deforestation due to agricultural expansion in the uplands, at the forest margins. This has resulted in aggravated problems of erosion and water availability, threatening agricultural productivity growth. At the same time, technical progress is promoting agricultural intensification in the lowlands. In this article, we examine how improved technologies for paddy rice cultivation in the lowlands have affected agricultural expansion and deforestation in the uplands.

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    Understanding the links between agriculture and health

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    agriculture
    agroforestry systems
    food security
    farming systems
    sustainable land management

    Policymaking initiatives in agriculture and public health are often pursued in a parallel and unconnected fashion. Yet coherent, joint action in agriculture and health could have large potential benefits and substantially reduce risks for the poor. Among development professionals there is growing recognition that agriculture influences health, and health influences agriculture, and that both in turn have profound implications for poverty reduction.

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    Building on successes in African agriculture

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mali, Kenya
    Forest Tenure
    Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
    property rights
    agroforestry systems
    fisheries
    forestry
    forest management plans
    land management
    rangelands
    agriculture
    agricultural land management
    farmers
    natural resources management
    agricultural and rural legislation

    Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Roughly 80 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and even those who do not will depend heavily on increasing agricultural productivity to lift them out of poverty. Seventy percent of all Africans— and nearly 90 percent of the poor—work primarily in agriculture. As consumers, all of Africa’s poor—both urban and rural—count heavily on the efficiency of the continent’s farmers.

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