Agroforestry, or the intentional integration of trees on crop or pastureland, is a sustainable
land use system that provides ecosystem services including climate change mitigation and …

Small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) are small firms in develo** countries aimed
at generating income from a diverse set of forest-related activities. They result in multiple …

In Ghana, forests provide many products on which the local population subsists. However,
these resources are depleting due to a variety of factors including agricultural expansion …

Trees are increasingly grown on-farm to supply wood and biomass needs within develo**
countries. Over the last several decades, within the irrigated rice-wheat growing lands of …

Many rural households rely on indigenous fruit trees as sources of cash and subsistence in
the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), but until recently there has been little …

With the growing demands from a population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it
is unclear how our current global food system will meet future food needs. Ensuring that all …

The contribution that domesticated indigenous fruit trees make to many farmers' livelihoods
is often not acknowledged in either national-or international-level poverty reduction …

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised
by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for …

Highlights•Correcting market failure by improving participation of producers improves
livelihoods.•Collective action can improve marketing if undertaken voluntarily.•Small groups …

5. The R&D organisations will need to provide long-term support and greater investment for
legume technologies to deliver benefits to farmers. Support will be needed for training and …