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Kami menyediakan bukti-bukti serta solusi untuk mentransformasikan bagaimana lahan dimanfaatkan dan makanan diproduksi: melindungi dan memperbaiki ekosistem, merespons iklim global, malnutrisi, keanekaragaman hayati dan krisis disertifikasi. Ringkasnya, kami berupaya untuk mendukung kehidupan yang lebih baik.

CIFOR-ICRAF menerbitkan lebih dari 750 publikasi setiap tahunnya mengenai agroforestri, hutan dan perubahan iklim, restorasi bentang alam, pemenuhan hak-hak, kebijakan hutan dan masih banyak lagi – juga tersedia dalam berbagai bahasa..

CIFOR-ICRAF berfokus pada tantangan-tantangan dan peluang lokal dalam memberikan solusi global untuk hutan, bentang alam, masyarakat, dan Bumi kita

Kami menyediakan bukti-bukti serta solusi untuk mentransformasikan bagaimana lahan dimanfaatkan dan makanan diproduksi: melindungi dan memperbaiki ekosistem, merespons iklim global, malnutrisi, keanekaragaman hayati dan krisis disertifikasi. Ringkasnya, kami berupaya untuk mendukung kehidupan yang lebih baik.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Harnessing the potential of agroforestry to boost yields and strengthen food security in Rwanda

Ekspor kutipan

Rwanda’s national agricultural policy seeks to promote the transformation of Rwanda’s agriculture from subsistence agriculture to market-based agriculture through highly intensified farming systems. However, low productivity of major staple crops on the country’s smallholder farms remains a key obstacle in achieving this goal. The country’s dense and rapidly growing population (currently at 416 people per km2 with an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent), puts pressure on existing land. Strategies to increase land productivity have become imperative.Agroforestry is a traditional farming practice that integrates trees into farming systems. The Government has been promoting agroforestry as an option for sustainable agricultural intensification in Rwanda. However, the adoption by farmers has been slow. By integrating trees with their crops, Rwandan farmers can obtain tree products e.g. fuelwood, timber, poles, stakes for climbing beans, fodder, fruits and services like improve the fertility of their soils, control soil erosion, protect biodiversity, diversify their incomes and reduce poverty.This policy brief is based on a review of Rwanda’s policy context with respect to agroforestry and identifies ways and means through which agroforestry adoption can be accelerated on a sustainable level.

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