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Promoting agroforestry could be better option for rural poor in combating global warming issues. Agroforestry have been practiced for ages but less recognized by many governments. In agroforestry practice, farmers are benefits farm yield as well as from trees planted. They manage such tree based farm system to meets their needs of food and energy.

Agroforestry innovations have been introduced as an effort of development on market based agricultural commodities. It changes technological factors in production process to increase their productivity and enhance quality of agricultural commodities. Questioning how the impact of such innovations will lead to the process of new technological factors adopted by farmers.

Promoting agroforestry practice request better understanding on adoption process.

Adoption is wide-range term that describing changes process from mental perspective to practical agricultural economics. In farm-level, according to Feder et al (1985) economist defined adoption as the degree of use of a new technology in long-run equilibrium when the farmer has full information about the new technology and its potential.

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"Biofuels" by Wim Soetaert(ed)

There are ways of helping rural poor with energy-based projects, such energy efficient cooking stove to small scale bioenergy.

A joint study of FAO and DFiD shows, when produced on a small-scale in local communities, bioenergy can play a significant role in rural development in poor countries. The study refers to 15 bioenergy projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia involving 12 countries.

Most poor areas in rural area are depending on biomass for cooking and heating. About 80 percent of them sources from wood.

The study highlights possible benefits for rural poor:

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Be aware, your components of portable mp3 player or cellphones  could be sourced from the conflicts mineral in Congo.  Must consumers aren’t realize where their components of their mp3 players from. VOA says most (electronics) components are produced from minerals  mined by armed groups in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.

People must aware while buying mp3 players, cellphones or video game. The manufacture should buy minerals from conflict-free area. If you buy products that contain the minerals from conflict area such Congo, so you indirectly allows outlaws factions to continue a conflict that are brutal, violence conscription of child soldiers.

Raise Hope For Congo lists some minerals that traded by armed groups:

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