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Welcome to our new home for CIFOR-ICRAF 🌿🌍🌳 We're stronger together: follow our unified account and join us on this exciting new journey. Let's make a positive impact together!

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🌳 Agroforestry is not just a matter of adding trees to farms. To realize its potential, practitioners need to understand its principles. 📚 Agroforestry: A primer - is a guide to #agroforestry principles & concepts – and how to use them effectively. 👉

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Although #soil is the very basis of the world’s food systems, It has never been officially recognized at COP. First-ever food systems pavilion at #COP27   will shine spotlight on soil - the foundation of life on land. 🔗: #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

COP 27 leaders urged to kick-start restoration of soil ecosystems - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News

First-ever food systems pavilion to shine spotlight on foundation of life on land

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"There is a strong link between soil health, human health and planetary health. Just as human skin envelops and protects the body, #soil provides the Earth’s protective covering." 🌏 @lawinowiecki ➡️: #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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The Resolution for Soil Health is a set of commitments to enable and scale healthy soil practices globally. Sign up to the resolution and contribute to the scaling-up of soil health: 👉 @ca4sh_global #WorldSoilDay #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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Soil plays a central role in #climatechange adaptation and mitigation; it has the potential to store twice as much carbon as other terrestrial & atmospheric pools. #Soil is literally and physically central to our existence! ↪️: #COP27 #Trees4Resilience

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Healthy #soil is crucial to food security and nutrition.🌱 95% of our food is directly or indirectly produced on our soils. Therefore, food availability relies on soils. Healthy and good quality food can only be produced if our soils are healthy. #WorldFoodDay @ca4sh_global

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🌱 What is soil, why is it important, and how can we improve soil productivity? Listen to @CIFOR -ICRAF soil scientist @lawinowiecki in conversation with @JohnSibiOkumu on the importance of investing in #soil health. 🎙️: @CapitalFMKenya #JSOWednesdays

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🌳 @CIFOR -ICRAF delivers demand-driven, transformative evidence of the ways that trees can revitalize both landscapes & livelihoods. Explore our special series of outcome stories to find out what we are doing to create solutions to global challenges. 👉:

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The current global food system relies heavily on a set of calorie-rich but nutrient-poor staple crops, contributing to narrow diets and malnutrition. The greater use of #trees is a key solution to address these food-system deficiencies. #Trees4Resilience

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"Healthy land is central to the wellbeing of the planet's ecosystems and #biodiversity ; It feeds us, shelters us, and provides the backbone to a thriving global economy. Healthy #soil is the foundation of life on land." @lawinowiecki #COP15 #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil

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Created to aid in disseminating knowledge about the #Soil Health Resolution of Soil Champions at #COP27 , this brochure provides details on the core objectives of the Resolution, & provides readers with links to more information. Download a copy 👉 #CFS50

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There are more microorganisms in one teaspoon of healthy #soil than the entire human population on earth. These organisms play a major role in maintaining soil health - the higher the population of beneficial organisms, the healthier the soil. #SaveSoil

Living dirt: Why microorganisms matter for healthy soil

Soil macrofauna influences the physical and chemical processes of soil. Photo: CIFOR-ICRAF/David Lelei

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📚 #NowReading : Trees as hotspots: Using forests, trees, and agroforestry to foster diverse sustainable landscapes. Read/ Download the full publication: ⬇️ #Trees4Resilience

Trees as hotspots: Using forests, trees, and agroforestry to foster diverse sustainable landscapes...

Forests, trees, and agroforestry (FTA) are ecosystem hotspots. They exemplify the contributions of biodiversity to sustainable and resilient landscapes, green circular economy and to sustainable...

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📚 Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands This study sought to understand how woody vegetation & its functional properties affect #soil fertility and infiltrability. Read the findings👉 #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil

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❗ We can no longer take "Earth's skin" for granted At @CIFOR_ICRAF , scientists take a whole systems approach to understanding the connections between soil & food nutrition, ecosystem restoration, and climate adaptation. ↪️ #SaveSoil #TreesPeoplePlaanet

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Working in Land and Soil Health Assessments? This field manual describes the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) field survey methods, and is designed for use in training and as a reference during survey campaigns. Download a copy👉 #SaveSoil

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🌳 Trees on or around farms can improve #soil health, regulate microclimates, enhance carbon sequestration and improve #biodiversity at multiple scales. #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil #WorldWildlifeDay

Why trees on farms make a win-win for people and nature - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News

Learning more about nutritious diets

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What happens belowground supports life aboveground. If underground #biodiversity is threatened, the important functions that soil performs are also threatened. "If we are serious about investing in our planet- we need to start from the soil up!" @lawinowiecki #SaveSoil

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Just dirt beneath our feet? No way! Soil is the priceless foundation of all life on Earth.🌱 It is critically important for climate change mitigation, ecosystem restoration, and it is where our food begins. Healthy soil= Healthy Planet #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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Understanding #soil biota can help farmers optimise nutrient management practices and reduce reliance on synthetic fertilisers, which can have negative environmental impacts over time. ➡️: #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

Living dirt: Why microorganisms matter for healthy soil

Soil macrofauna influences the physical and chemical processes of soil. Photo: CIFOR-ICRAF/David Lelei

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🌱 Healthy #soil is crucial to food security and nutrition. 95% of our food is directly or indirectly produced on our soils. Therefore, food availability relies on soils. Healthy and good quality food can only be produced if our soils are healthy. #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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🌳 #Agroforestry 's strength lies in its multifunctionality. It offers climate change mitigation and plays a crucial role in a holistic response, enhancing global food system resilience, and improving rural livelihoods. 🔗: #Trees4Resilience #COP28

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Understanding the interconnections between trees and water is vital 🌳💧 On farmland and in wetlands, trees draw water and nutrients from #soil , store carbon, and shelter critical #biodiversity . 🔗: #Trees4Resilience #IntlForestDay #SaveSoil

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What does healthy #soil mean? 🌱 ✔️ Good soil structure ✔️ Resistant to degradation ✔️Free from chemicals and toxins ✔️High soil organic carbon content ✔️Diverse beneficial organisms 📑 Check out these resources to learn more: @ca4sh_global #SaveSoil

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A recent publication that analysed 184 countries’ NDCs revealed that only 28 of these countries referred to soil organic carbon, peatlands, or wetlands in their NDCs – thus missing out on an “immense opportunity” for climate change mitigation. #SaveSoil

Opportunities to include soil health to Kenya’s Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris...

Landscapes scenery Makueni county. Photo credit: Ann Wavinya/ICRAF

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Because it’s everywhere, the #soil beneath our feet is often undervalued. But we’re quickly learning just how thin the ‘Earth’s skin’ can be. This feature showcases some of @CIFOR_ICRAF 's work on soil health & land restoration. Check it out👉 #SaveSoil

Home - The centrality of soil

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A decline in #soil fertility hampers crop production in Sub Saharan Africa. Biochar - a charcoal-like substance has been identified as an important soil amendment agent with multiple benefits which positively contribute to increased land productivity. ↪️

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Having operated for over a decade, @CIFOR -ICRAF's living soil laboratory has been working mainly on the living component of soil. It aims to study how soil biota sustains ecological functions thru’ farm management & #agroforestry interventions. #SaveSoil

Living Soils Laboratory | CIFOR-ICRAF

About The CIFOR-ICRAF Living Soils Laboratory opened its doors in the year 2011 and has been working mainly on the living component of soil. It aims to study how these soil biota – comprising...

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Why do microorganisms matter for healthy soil? Follow @CIFOR_ICRAF to learn more about soil and #SoilHealth . #SaveSoil #TreesPeoplePlanet

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By effectively designing #agroforestry technologies, it is possible to enhance #biodiversity conservation, regulate water, #soil , and air quality, control pests and diseases, generate income, and ensure food security and diversity in livelihoods.

Agroforestry: A pathway to harnessing nature-based solutions for ecosystems and livelihoods in...

A farm boundary agroforestry system in Kinale, Kiambu County, Kenya. Such systems act as windbreak in the farm and aid the households in meeting their firewood needs through pruning of tree branches....

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“Studying soil biota is vital because these organisms play important roles in nutrient cycling, #soil health, plant growth and many other ecological functions. Soil biota also contributes to the overall #biodiversity of ecosystems." @LukelysiaNyawi1

Living dirt: Why microorganisms matter for healthy soil

Soil macrofauna influences the physical and chemical processes of soil. Photo: CIFOR-ICRAF/David Lelei

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Healthy soils are the foundation of sustainable and regenerative food systems. Sequestering carbon in agricultural soils can have mutual benefits for climate change mitigation, food security, biodiversity & water resilience. ↪️ #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil

Opportunities to include soil health to Kenya’s Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris...

Landscapes scenery Makueni county. Photo credit: Ann Wavinya/ICRAF

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First-ever food systems pavilion at #COP27     shines a powerful spotlight on issues of #soil health, food and nutrition security, and the need for rapid action to promote both. ➡️: @CIFOR @ca4sh_global @lawinowiecki #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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It is clear that without healthy soil, we cannot achieve food systems transformation. Thru' co-leading @ca4sh_global , we are ensuring actionable evidence directly informs global #soil agendas & ecosystem health investments ➡️ #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

Soil and land health | CIFOR-ICRAF

With over one third of the Earth’s surface degraded and over 3.2 billion people negatively affected by degradation, continuing business as usual is no longer an option. It is clear that without...

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📢 Save the date | 10 May 2023 Catch @lawinowiecki at the #AIM4Climate Summit for a session to discuss on-the-ground advancements in the accurate monitoring of #soil health. More details: 🔗 @ca4sh_global #SaveSoil #TreesPeoplePlanet

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#Agroecology is an approach that uses nature to benefit farming by employing nature-based practices. It promotes the use of organic fertilisers & better #soil management, therefore enhancing pollination by providing habitats for #pollinators . ↪️ #BeeDay

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Tree planting initiatives are successful when the right tree is planted in the right place for the right purpose. 🌳🌳 Check out @CIFOR -ICRAF's Principles for Successful Tree Planting: 👉 #Trees4Resilience

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With over 2 billion people experiencing #foodinsecurity , scientists argue that the greater use of #trees is a key solution to address food-system deficiencies, while providing ecosystem services, fuel wood, medicine and income.

How trees can rescue our diets in a failing food system

Baobab fruit. Photo: ICRAF/Katja Kehlenbeck

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🆕 year, new exciting changes! Meet @CIFOR -ICRAF CEO & ICRAF's Director General, Eliane Ubalijoro. Dr. @elianeubalijoro brings a wealth of experience in agricultural research & digital innovations and will be the first African woman DG of a CGIAR centre and CEO of two centres.

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#Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth – from the tallest #trees to the tiniest insects. 🌳🐞 This diversity creates a balanced ecosystem where everything thrives. Conserving #biodiversity is building a shared future for all life. #BiodiversityDay #Trees4Resilience

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Native species fill critical ecological, social, and economic roles, and because of the destruction of their habitats, it is urgent to get them conserved. A 🆕 project aims to increase the availability of seed from hundreds of useful indigenous trees.⤵️

Ensuring the future of native trees in Africa | CIFOR-ICRAF

In northern Uganda, forester Said Mutegeki of Tooro Botanical Gardens marvels at the girth of a Khaya [African mahogany]. His shirt reads: “Build a sustainable Uganda: plant native trees”. Photo by...

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Unless and until the importance of agricultural ecosystems to #biodiversity conservation is recognized – and efforts made to make agriculture part of the solution – we risk missing out on a vital element of biodiversity protection. @AnjaGassner

Revolutionizing Food Systems in Support of the Post 2020 Framework - CIFOR-ICRAF Knowledge

This video was based on the publication Making the post-2020 global biodiversity framework a successful tool for building biodiverse, inclusive, resilient and safe food systems for all, published at...

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#DYK that a single gram of #soil contains thousands of living species? 🐛🐜 These organisms provide nutrients for plants. Therefore, the more #biodiverse soil is, the more nutritious our food is. Healthy soil= healthy people & planet 🌏 🔗: #SaveSoil

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In case we need a reminder.. of why #ForestsMatter 🥗 They provide food 💧 Clean air & water 💰 Livelihoods for communities 🐒 Biodiversity conservation 🌴 Culture preservation & Identity 🌎 A sustainable future for generations We are #BetterWithForests 🌲 Happy #IntlForestDay

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🌱 Healthy #soil is the foundation of life on earth. It is the basis of #food production and numerous functions that support life. Learn more about @CIFOR - ICRAF's work in transforming soil and restoring landscapes. 👉: #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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Just dirt beneath our feet? No way! Soil is the priceless foundation of all life on Earth.🌱 It is critically important for climate change mitigation, ecosystem restoration, and it is where our food begins. Healthy soil= Healthy Planet #WorldSoilDay #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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What happens belowground supports life aboveground. If underground #biodiversity is threatened, the important functions of our soils are also threatened. "If we are serious about investing in our planet- we need to start from the soil up!" @lawinowiecki #SaveSoil #YearInReview

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Qualitative data is key to unpacking gender issues beyond surface statistics. 📑 This free training toolkit provides practical guidance and resources for uncovering the hidden dimensions of #gender . Download a copy👉 @IFAD @IFPRI @BiovIntCIAT_eng #IDWGS

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What happens belowground supports life aboveground. If underground biodiversity is threatened, the important functions that soil performs are also threatened. "If we are serious about investing in our planet- we need to start from the soil up!" @lawinowiecki #EarthDay #SaveSoil

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🌳 To realize the potential of agroforestry, practitioners need to understand its principles. 📚 Agroforestry: A primer - is a guide to #agroforestry principles and concepts – and how to use them effectively. Download a copy:👉 #Trees4Resilience #COP27

Agroforestry: A primer - CIFOR-ICRAF Knowledge

Design and management principles for people and the environment Conventional agriculture is very productive. But high productivity comes at a cost: soil that is depleted or eroded, watercourses that...

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Restoring degraded land through #agroforestry can reduce #soil erosion by 50 percent, increase soil carbon by 21 percent and –if implemented on a large scale –increase food security for 1.3 billion people. 🔗: #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil

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🌳 To realize the full potential of #agroforestry , practitioners need to understand its principles. 📚 Agroforestry: A primer - is a guide to agroforestry principles and concepts – and how to use them effectively. 👉: #Trees4Resilience #YearInReview

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In case we need a reminder.. why #ForestsMatter 🥗 They provide food 💧 Clean air and water 💰 Livelihoods for communities 🐒 Biodiversity conservation 🌴 Culture preservation and Identity 🌎 A sustainable future for generations ↪️: #Trees4Resilience

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What does healthy #soil mean? 🌱 ✔️Good soil structure ✔️Resistant to degradation ✔️Free from chemicals and toxins ✔️High soil organic carbon content ✔️Diverse beneficial organisms 📑 Check out these resources to learn more: @ca4sh_global #SaveSoil

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Restoring degraded land through #agroforestry can reduce #soil erosion by 50 percent, increase soil carbon by 21 percent and –if implemented on a large scale –increase food security for 1.3 billion people. 🔗: #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil

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Soil provides many ecosystem services; food, stores carbon, cycles water, helps prevent floods,and conserves biodiversity. We have to come together and find solutions that work for smallholders, with smallholders - to scale #soil health. @lawinowiecki #COP27 #Trees4Resilience

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🥑 Avocado has become an important commercial fruit in #Kenya 🇰🇪 Focusing on varietal selection for different parts of the country, this book provides a valuable reference for trainers, farmers & marketers on avocado growing in Kenya. Download a copy:🔗

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As the world reels from devastating storms, fires, and drought, the need for solutions to the #climatecrisis is more urgent! 🌳 Trees – in forests and on farms – offer a resilient source of food, livelihoods and climate regulation. 🔗: #Trees4Resilience

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The integration of #trees into rice-production landscapes strengthens the resilience of #farmers &agroecosystems to #climatechange . Read more about how the benefits can be better utilized through policy integration: #ResilientRecovery #adaptationweek @CIFOR

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🌳 Agroforestry, as a nature-based approach to production and land use, will play an important role in the transformation of our food systems. 📚 Agroforestry: A primer is a guide to agroforestry principles – and how to use them effectively. Download: ➡️

Agroforestry: A primer - CIFOR-ICRAF Knowledge

Design and management principles for people and the environment Conventional agriculture is very productive. But high productivity comes at a cost: soil that is depleted or eroded, watercourses that...

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🌳 To realize the potential of agroforestry, practitioners need to understand its principles. 📚 Agroforestry: A primer - is a guide to #agroforestry principles and concepts – and how to use them effectively. Download a copy:👉 #Trees4Resilience #COP28

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What does healthy #soil mean? 🌱 ✔️Good soil structure ✔️Resistant to degradation ✔️Free from chemicals and toxins ✔️High soil organic carbon content ✔️Diverse beneficial organisms 📑 See these resources to learn more: #WorldSoilDay #Trees4Resilience

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Qualitative data is key to unpacking gender issues beyond surface statistics. 📑 This free training toolkit provides practical guidance and resources for uncovering the hidden dimensions of #gender . Download a copy:👉 @IFAD @IFPRI @BiovIntCIAT_eng eng

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Working in Land and Soil Health Assessments? This field manual describes the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) field survey methods, and is designed for use in training and as a reference during survey campaigns. Download a copy👉 #SaveSoil

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❗ We can no longer take "Earth's skin" for granted At @CIFOR_ICRAF , scientists take a whole systems approach to understanding the connections between soil, nutrition, ecosystem restoration, and climate adaptation. ↪️: #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience #COP28

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🌳 More than simply ‘agriculture with trees’, #agroforestry is an agroecological approach that involves farmers, livestock, trees and forests from households through to landscape scales. Agroforestry is the ‘future of global land use! ▶️:

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What does healthy #soil mean? 🌱 ✔️Good soil structure ✔️Resistant to degradation ✔️Free from chemicals and toxins ✔️High soil organic carbon content ✔️Diverse beneficial organisms 📑 Check out these resources to learn more: @ca4sh_global #SaveSoil

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Qualitative data is key to unpacking gender issues beyond surface statistics. 📑 This free training toolkit provides practical guidance and resources for uncovering the hidden dimensions of #gender . Download a copy:👉 @IFAD #TreesPeoplePlanet

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Soil is so much more than the dirt beneath our feet.🌱 It is the foundation of all life on earth & is critical for functioning ecosystems. Investing in our soil is creating healthy, resilient landscapes - for people and the planet. 🌍 #EarthDay2023 #SaveSoil #TreesPeoplePlanet

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📢 What better way to address the global challenges for forests and landscapes than to bring two research giants together? @CIFOR / @ICRAF is now @CIFOR_ICRAF Follow our new account and be part of this exciting new journey! We are @CIFOR_ICRAF 💚 #TreesPeoplePlanet

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✍🏾️ APPLY NOW! The @GlobalLF , @glfchapters , and @YIL_Initiative have opened calls for the 2024 Restoration Stewards program. If you’re a young restoration practitioner or a community-based organization take the chance and apply now! ✅ #ActLandscape

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Planting trees on farms creates corridors that many species can use to move from one protected area to another. And farmers, in turn, reap the benefits in ways such as #soil health, erosion control, and proximity to pollinators. #Trees4Resilience

Are trees on farms a biodiversity blind spot?

Wild Elephant group in Sebokor Village Forest, this area is part of Padang Sugihan Wildlife Reserve - Sebokor. Photo by Faizal Abdul Aziz/CIFOR

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"About 65% of Africa’s #soils are degraded, as are a third of soils around the world. The health of our soils will determine the health of our food systems, which will determine the health of our global population." @elianeubalijoro @GlobalLF #SaveSoil

Éliane Ubalijoro: “The lungs of the planet are here in Africa” - #ThinkLandscape

In this exclusive interview, Éliane Ubalijoro reflects on a career devoted to tackling poverty and food insecurity across the Global South.

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🌱 First-ever food systems pavilion brings soil to the limelight The Pavilion represented an enormous opportunity to ensure that the health of the planet’s #soil was considered by policymakers in discussions. ↪️ @ca4sh_global #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

Governments urged to support restoration of soil ecosystems

The just concluded COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt 6–18 November 2022 saw the first-ever Food Systems Pavilion to be featured at a UN Climate Change Conference. This Pavilion represented an enormous...

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What happens belowground supports life aboveground. If underground #biodiversity is threatened, the functions that soil performs are also threatened. "If we are serious about investing in our planet- we need to start from the soil up!" @lawinowiecki #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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"If we are going to successfully restore land, we need to look beyond just vegetation cover. We need to understand other processes such as soil health." Tor Vagen Healthy soil is key to resilient ecosystems. 🌱 @RegreenAfrica #SaveSoil #RegreenAfrica #Trees4Resilience

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🔉 #CallforApplications for student project under ICRAF Fellowship Program 2020 Exciting opportunity for young researchers to work under our new platform Nutri-scapes. See details & apply here: @YPARD @AASciences @GlobalLF @CIFOR @CGIAR

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Community ownership is an important element to fostering & ensuring long-term sustainability, especially after a project ends. This guide by @RegreenAfrica outlines 6️⃣ key steps to encourage sustained land #restoration after the program's transition. ↪️

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Harnessing connections between #agroforestry and #agroecology 🌳🌽 The nexus of these two concepts can play a critical role in transforming global food systems, experts say. #Trees4Resilience

Trees make it easier to farm in harmony with nature

Before and after agroforestry and agroecology interventions by the AFLI project. Photo: ICRAF/Tran Ha My

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What happens belowground supports life aboveground. If underground #biodiversity is threatened, the important functions that soil performs are also threatened To invest in our planet, we need to start from the soil up! @lawinowiecki #BiodiversityDay #SaveSoil #TreesPeoplePlanet

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Is #agroecology viable in #Africa ? Based on 11 case studies in 8️⃣ countries, the Viability of Agroecological Practices in Africa Project aimed to collect evidence on, and understand the viability of the practice for smallholders in Africa. ➡️: #aeTPP

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📚 Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands This study sought to understand how woody vegetation & its functional properties affect #soil fertility and infiltrability. Read the findings👉 #Trees4Resilience #SaveSoil

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📚Publication| Trees with Edible Leaves: provides an overview of a remarkable group of crops, with details on nutrition and cultivation techniques. Over 100 species are described in detail, for both cold & tropical climates. Download: #TreesPeoplePlanet

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Biomass is fundamental to circular agricultural systems. This study evaluates two scenarios and uses it to estimate carbon sequestration potential of increasing tree cover on agricultural land. Get a copy and read more: #Trees4Resillience

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#Soil resources constitute the very foundation of agriculture, so sustainable agriculture is inherently dependent on soil health. This chapter discusses the role that trees play in building & maintaining #soilhealth & functional resilience. 🔗 #SaveSoil

Nurturing Soil Life through Agroforestry: The Roles of Trees in the Ecological Intensification of...

Soil resources constitute the very foundation of agriculture, so sustainable agriculture is inherently dependent on soil health. Soil health reflects the capacity of soil to respond beneficially to...

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🫘Cereal-based relief foods are common in #refugee camps, but they lack important mineral content. 📚This study examined how the gardening of okra, commonly grown in E. Africa, can supplement #diets & help reconnect with agriculture. ↪️ #Trees4Resilience

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Agroforestry is not just a matter of adding trees to farms. To realize its potential, practitioners need to understand its principles. This is a guide to #agroforestry principles & concepts – and how to use them effectively. Read🔗 : #Trees4Resilience

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Did you know #soil health is essential for fighting climate change? At #COP28 , experts called on world leaders to make soil conservation a priority. Learn how soil can sequester carbon, improve food security, & protect biodiversity: 👉 #SaveSoil #UNEA6

World leaders at COP28 urged to prioritize soil health in climate plans - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News

Conserve soils to meet global climate, land and biodiversity goals, say experts

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🌳 To realize the full potential of #agroforestry , practitioners need to understand its principles. 📚 Agroforestry: A primer - is a guide to agroforestry principles and concepts – and how to use them effectively. Read/ download 👉: #TreesPeoplePlanet

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Qualitative Data Analysis Training Toolkit📝 Gathering qualitative data is crucial for comprehending gender-related matters, and providing an in-depth exploration of contexts and norms. 🔗 #HerLandHerRights #TreesPeoplePlanet

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Agroforestry Concessions will reduce deforestation and carbon emissions in the Peruvian Amazon, promote #restoration of deforested land through #agroforestry , and improve the livelihoods of smallholders. Learn how 🔗: #Trees4Resilience # #IntlForestDay

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Good morning my #avocado #tree 😃 Watch how the #AfricaRising project in #Ethiopia is enhancing smallholder farming by encouraging farmers 2 intercrop trees & food crops in turn diversifying their diets & increase their incomes. VIDEO| #GLFBonn2020

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No Water without Trees 🌳💧 Trees are the world’s best water storage & recycling channels. They help avert water scarcity and provide many other ecosystem services. Protecting forests helps ensure sustainable water supplies for all.🌎 🔗 #WorldWaterDay

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🌳Trees are being planted on a massive scale around the world. However, their survival rates are poor. #PATSPO is demonstrating the benefits of an efficient network that can supply quality tree planting material where & when needed. 📚: TreesPeoplePlanet

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Healthy #soil is crucial to food security and nutrition.🌱 95% of our food is directly or indirectly produced on our soils. Therefore, food availability relies on healthy soils. 🔗: #WorldSoilDay #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

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The use of these spectral methods has advanced landscape-scale assessments of #soil and ecosystem health, which provide critical evidence in global monitoring of agriculture interventions and restoration efforts. Learn more: #SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

Soil and land health | CIFOR-ICRAF

With over one third of the Earth’s surface degraded and over 3.2 billion people negatively affected by degradation, continuing business as usual is no longer an option. It is clear that without...

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How can soil conservation and sustainable use of #soil #biodiversity help achieve #GlobalGoals and boost #FoodSecurity , #climate mitigation & #HumanHealth ? Find out at the Global Soil Symposium with @FAO on 19–22 April: @theGSBI @UNCCD @UNBiodiversity

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If an enabling environment is built, soil biodiversity could be a nature-based solution to many of the problems that humanity is facing today. Check out @FAO 's interactive story to discover the hidden world of #SoilBiodiversity ➡️ #GSOBI21 #SoilHealth

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Understanding drivers of #degradation is key to designing sustainable #restoration options. The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) is a comprehensive method for assessing #soil & land health to track ecosystem health. Learn More:➡️

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“Planting trees is good, but it needs to be the right tree in the right place and for the right purpose, and those decisions can’t be made without local people.” @CIFOR #Trees4Resilience

Do climate pledges rely too much on tree planting? - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News

New Land Gap Report warns of risks to Indigenous Peoples and local communities if country land commitments remain vague.

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