A new era for non-timber forest products in the Mbalmayo landscape. TRI project promotes agroforestry approaches and practices in Cameroon, and results in enhanced soil fertility, increased productivity not only for cocoa but also of NTFPs, which are sold in non-cocoa seasons. 

The argan tree (Argania spinosa), a species native to the Kingdom of Morocco, grows in arid and semiarid regions. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognized the argan-based agro-sylvo-pastoral system within the area of Ait Souab-Ait Mansour in Morocco as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.

To decrease the vulnerability of these communities, the DeSIRA project, funded by the European Union and implemented by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Rwanda in collaboration with Ghent University, ICRAF and partners, is enhancing capacity of smallholder farmers to cope with the impacts of climate change through knowledge sharing actions aligned to the IUCN Nature-based solutions.

Two biodiverse agricultural and agroforestry systems in Ecuador were recognized Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

On 26th August 2022, The Gambia’s Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Hon. Rohey John Manjang, made history when she launched the National Agroforestry Strategy for the Gambia 2022-2032, following successful validation by participant stakeholders the day before.