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. (more…)

A report on World Environmental Day (WED) 2011 in India highlights Forests in a Green Economy: A Synthesis, a recent UN Environment Programme (UNEP) analysis. The report prepared by Kate Langford of World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), a leading research and development institution on agroforestry.

I summarize Kate’s report to get the status of world forest and its relation to development. Some points refers to India, Carribean, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Nepal and Indonesia.

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