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The UK's official climate advisor recommends up to 50,000 hectares of new woodland each year by 2050.
Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.
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Because the interactions between trees, soils, crops and livestock can be positive or negative, their relationship must be balanced and understood.
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Integrating trees into farming systems can improve farming, help the environment, and boost animal welfare too.
India has developed a pioneering national agroforestry policy.
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If we need more trees, many will have to be introduced into managed agricultural mosaic landscapes.
Cocoa fruit pods.
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Shade trees buffer cocoa plants from heat and water stresses, and create conditions that benefit their growth.
Avoiding fires in Indonesia’s peatlands should be a common goal of everyone involved.
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Indonesian peatlands are important to many people: farmers, bureaucrats, businesspeople, and conservationists. But preserving this value for everyone will mean listening to everyone's concerns.
Somatic embryogenesis is only used in selected agroforestry industries like sugarcane.
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Smarter plant breeding practices are crucial in a world where climate change, deforestation and species reduction are an increasing problem.