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| Title | Trees on farms: Tackling the triple challenge of mitigation, adaptation and food security | | Author | H Neufeldt, Andreas Wilkes, Robert J. Zomer, Xu Jianchu, E Nang’ole, C Munster and Frank Place | | Year | 2009 | | Publisher | World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) | | City | Nairobi, Kenya | | Call Number | LE0164-09 | | Notes | World Agroforestry Centre Policy Brief 07 |
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| * Increased adoption of agroforestry should be supported through finance for agricultural development and adaptation as well as mitigation.
* Payments for env i ronmental ser vices – including carbon finance – should be geared towards increasing the extent of t rees on farms
* More suppor t is needed to increase the contribution of t ree-based crops to smallholder incomes, thus diversifying income sources and increasing food security intheface of climate change. |
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GRP 2: Maximizing on-farm productivity of trees and agroforestry systems
GRP 5: Improving the ability of farmers, ecosystems & governments to cope with climate change
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