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Globally, with an increase in income, there are changes in dietary choices along with increased demand for food from the already high-input-driven farming system, which further encourages the exploitation of natural resources. In other words,…

The overall objective of the project is to enable smallholders to produce diverse and nutritious food byCreating awareness about benefits of consuming diversified nutritious farm produce, including fruits, vegetables and tree-based produce, such as…
The Programme for the Development of Alternative Biofuel Crops is being implemented by ICRAF and partners in South Asia, Latin America and Africa. Launched in 2013 and funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), along with…
Agroforestry systems (coffee, tea, rubber, pepper, arecanut, cardamom) shape much of Western Ghats in India. Commercial agriculture in this area has existed for centuries. Now, these commercial crops reach the margins of protected areas. In many…
Livestock based livelihoods are common in fragile ecosystem. In India livestock Contribute to about 16% of the income of the small farmers. It contributes to nutritive food, drought power, manure, fuel hides & skin and cash to farmers. Livestock…
Small Holders Benefit From carbon Farmingsmall holders increasingly vulnerable to climate change resulting in fluctuating and unstable crop production, decline,  deterioration and loss of natural resources and reduced livelihoods .Climate smart…
The goal of this project is to reduce rural poverty in Kenya, Mali , Cameroon, Ghana and India by promoting wealth and health of poor farming communities and consumers through enhanced cultivation, processing, marketing and use of diversity of fruit…
BackgroundAsia is emerging as the main engine of economic growth in the world. Despite this new-found wealth, two-thirds of the Earth's poor still live in this region. Efforts to protect the natural environment have too often not only failed but…
This project will be carried out in the frame of the foreseen Challenge programme: ‘ High Value Crops- Fruits and Vegetables’. As part of this programme, the study will contribute to increased smallholder agricultural production, livelihood…