Background

In East Africa, over the years, climate change has led to a drastic reduction in the quality and resilience of the land, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and food and nutrition insecurity for the growing…

Overview

Efforts to reverse land landscape restoration in the Eastern Province have been constrained by several problems including dependence on wood as major source of energy, low tree survival rate due to termites,…

Overview

The potential of fruit trees to optimize the combined benefits of livelihoods, food security, nutrition and climate mitigation and adaptation is promising but not yet fully understood nor applied in practice. …

Background Regreening Africa is an ambitious five-year project that seeks to reverse land degradation among 500,000 households, and across one million hectares in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. By incorporating trees into croplands, communal…

Outputs

  • An implemented soil and crop sampling campaign which includes samples processed for analysis
  • Establish an online database infrastructure
  • Establish a soil spectroscopy laboratory and select…
BackgroundPlanet Earth is naturally biodiverse. Species abound in every habitat, but when those habitats are destroyed, the biodiversity disappears with them. The world’s forests have historically been harbours of massive biodiversity, but it is…
BackgroundThe ACIAR Trees for food security project-T4FS (FSC/2012/014) continue to demonstrate the importance of trees in fields and farming landscapes for enhancing and sustaining crop yield and food security in eastern Africa. A number of…
Improved Capacity in Rainwater ManagementSince the inception of Phase I of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Associated programme, “A Network for Greenwater Harvesting in Eastern and Southern Africa and South Asia” on 1 July 2002, the Regional Land…
Based on a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, this project will cover collaborative work on Vegetation and climate change in East Africa: A high resolution digital vegetation map for land use planning, natural resource management and…