Resources Tagged: Fmnr

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  1. Beating Famine 3: The Sahel Meeting the AFR 100 Challenge

    2019-02-26 The third in the series of “Beating Famine” Conferences is being planned for the Sahel. The focus has shifted from building awareness of FMNR (Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration) and EverGreen Agriculture practices, to taking proven successes to massive scale. Invited participants from across...
    Farmer Managed Nat... FMNR West Africa

  2. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR)

    2017-02-09 This session will demonstrate Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) as a low-cost, sustainable land-restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst poor subsistence farmers in developing countries by increasing food, fodder and livelihood production, while enhancing...
    Subsistence Farming FMNR Farmer Managed Land Restoration Farming Resilience Sustainability East Africa

  3. Investing in Tomorrow's Forests: Toward an Action Agenda for Revitalizing Forestry in West Africa

    2002-08-01 This report offers a description of forests, past and future. It analyzes what types of investments should be made in tomorrow's forests, who should be making them, and how. The report concludes with the benefits of investing in tomorrow's forests. No page numbers, illustrated, photos
    Africa FMNR Reforestation West Africa Forests Sustainable Forest...

  4. East Africa’s Drought: Q and A

    2011-10-20 World Vision (WV) Australia is involved in both agricultural development and relief work in East Africa. We asked folks there to answer a few questions regarding the current drought and famine. In what ways have you been involved with addressing the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa? Could...
    Agricultural Devel... Drought Agroforestry FMNR Conservation Agric... Agricultural System Famine Sustainable Develo... Sustainable Agricu... Acacia

  5. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

    1997-11-19 One of the immediate problems directly affecting agricultural output and quality of life in Niger is the severe deforestation which has occurred, particularly since the 1960’s. Simply planting more trees does not solve the problems. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is a practice that protects...
    Agroforestry Rural Development FMNR Natural Regeneration Dryland Farming Semi-arid

  6. Famine in the Horn of Africa

    2011-10-20 The current drought and famine in the Horn of Africa are deeply distressing. The severe drought of the past year has put an estimated 12 million or more people in danger of starvation.
    Famine Smallholder Resilience Conservation Agric... FMNR Indigenous Food Pl... Pastoralist

  7. Does Mulching Make Sense In Semi-Arid Areas?

    1998-05-19 A conversation concerning the difficulty of obtaining mulch in semi-arid areas.
    FMNR Semi-arid Mulch

  8. Exceptional Impact of a Novel Approach to Reforestation in Sub- Saharan Africa—an Update.

    2006-01-20 FMNR is a form of tree coppicing and hence depends on the presence of living tree stumps that resprout after cutting.
    Agroforestry Forestry Rural Development FMNR

  9. Panel : Scaling Up Conservation Agriculture

    This session introduces the scaling up CA programs and features the various aspects of the CFGB program, namely training, policy and marketing. The panel session provides sharing by one CA Technical Specialist, a Policy and Advocacy Advisor and a Marketing Coordinator. Moderator : Mueni Mutinda...
    Conservation Agric... FMNR Farmer Managed Nat... East Africa

  10. Impressive reforestation by taking advantage of the “Underground Forest.”

    2008-07-20 Farmer Managed NaturalRegeneration (FMNR) can potentially have an enormous impact on the environment and the welfare of whole countries.
    FMNR