Project Overview

The refugee response in West Nile region is characterized by rapid population influx, overburdened services, scarcity of resources and lack of alternative energy sources. Natural resource use by the…

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

In Malawi, smallholders face many challenges related to climate change, resulting in low productivity, low income levels, food and nutrition insecurity. Hence, development of climate-resilient and productive…

Project Background

Drylands cover 40 % of the global land area, host 2 billion people, and support approximately 50% of the world’s livestock population. In the drylands of East Africa, pastoral and agropastoral…

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. …

Food tree and crop portfolios for nutrition and resilience in Zambia

Diets in rural Zambia are low in micronutrients essential for growth and well-being. But “food trees” can provide some of these much-needed…