Farmers test new practices to cope with climate impacts in Kenya. Cecilia Schubert/Climate Smart Kenya/CCAFS/Flickr February 6, 2022 No perfect solution: Africa’s smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices Ratemo Michieka, University of Nairobi Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
Fruit production of shea is limited by lack of pollination and this limitation is greater at sites with less tree and shrub diversity. Author provided October 11, 2020 Plant diversity makes West Africa’s shea trees bear more fruit Aoife Delaney, Trinity College Dublin Fruit production of shea is often limited by a lack of pollination which is more pronounced in places with less tree and shrub diversity.
Peruvian potatoes and black corn. www.Shutterstock.com November 29, 2017 Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide – and that’s not good Karl Zimmerer, Penn State Over half the calories humans eat today come from corn, wheat and rice. Raising a greater diversity of types of crops and animals (agrobiodiversity) makes diets healthier and farming more resilient.