Food energy production — the total calories produced from farmland for consumption — could fall by up to 45% if agroforestry were widely adopted across the UK.

The Amazon Rainforest generates its own weather. Each day, the forest’s 390 billion trees release approximately 20 billion metric tons of water vapor into the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, ...

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A forestry veteran says industry must be wary of government calls for agroforestry to play a more significant role in timber production. Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce announced a $520,000 ...

Agroforestry could play an important role in mitigating climate change because it sequesters more atmospheric carbon in plant parts and soil than conventional farming, according to Penn State ...

Over 1,000 delegates from 80 countries gathered between 10-14 February for the World Congress of Agroforestry. Held in New Delhi, India, the congress brought together leading thinkers to discuss how ...

In Indonesia, these pressures are intense. Expanding palm oil plantations, logging, mining, and increasingly frequent fires ...

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Small-scale farmers across the globe are struggling with mounting challenges, from climate change to food insecurity and biodiversity loss. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, soil ...

CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin, on Wednesday, released the Tamil Nadu Agroforestry Policy 2026, aimed at promoting the cultivation of high-value trees such as teak, sandalwood, red sanders and ...

Food security and extreme weather are never far from the headlines. Helen Chesshire, Lead Farming Advocate for the Woodland Trust, shares her take on how trees on farms can support landscape ...

Here’s how a Pacific Northwest roaster is looking to address climate change and make the world a better place by returning to a time-honored practice of growing beans. Forecast Coffee is a brand that ...