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Abstract. The recent interest in multi-functional agricultural landscapes has not been matched with formal assessment of the roles that trees play across the spectrum of ecosystem services (ESs) provided in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A structured literature review (1995–2014) assessed 350 journal articles about provision of one or more ESs by...
artículo de revista
2016
Abstract. The production of sufficient food for an increasing global population while conserving natural capital is a major challenge to humanity. Tree-mediated ecosystem services are recognized as key features of more sustainable agroecosystems but the strategic management of tree attributes for ecosystem service provision is poorly understood. Six agroforestry and tree...
artículo de revista
2017
The soil environment is likely the most complex biological community. Soil organisms are extremely diverse and contribute to a wide range of ecosystem services that are essential to the sustainable function of natural and managed ecosystems. The soil organism community can have direct and indirect impacts on land productivity. Direct...
artículo de revista
2007
This technical guide provides details of numerous techniques specific for tropical wet zones. It describes the core principles of agroecology, distilling local knoweldge accumulated by family farming.
This guide is designed as a support tool for technicians and farmers involved in actions to promote and develop agroecology and consists of two...
Directrices
2017
This website from the Oakland Insitute collects thirty-three case studies on the success of agroecological agriculture in Africa.
They demonstrate with facts and figures how an agricultural transformation respectful of the farmers and their environment can yield economic, social and food securit benefits while also fighting climate change and restoring soils...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Malawi - Mali - Niger - Rwanda - Sierra Leone - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe
Sitio web
2018
This is a summary note on the CALAO (Capitalization of stakeholder experience for the development of resilient agro-ecological techniques in West Africa) Project.
CALAO's goail is to make the following available for practitioners, political bodies, and development cooperation institutions: a) reference information on the agro-environmental and socio-economic effects and impacts of...
Burkina Faso - Senegal - Togo
documento normativo
2018
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