Abstract The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations (UN) are at the
heart of the global development agenda. This chapter examines the role of agroforestry …

Case studies demonstrate the breadth and richness in approaches to scaling up and
lessons learned from them. A key lesson is that scaling up agroforestry innovations is far …

The world's food supply needs to rise significantly, yet both arable and water supplies per
capita are decreasing. Not only are modern agricultural methods beyond the reach of those …

“Sustainability” is an inherently dynamic, indefinite and contested concept.“Sustainable
development” must, therefore, be seen as an unending process—defined not by fixed goals …

Research and policy on property rights, collective action and watershed management
requires good understanding of ecological and socio-political processes at different social …

The formation of social capital is hypothesised to enhance collective efforts for soil
conservation. The Landcare Program in the southern Philippines promotes simple …

This paper assesses recent lessons in scaling up agroforestry benefits, drawing on three
case studies: fodder shrubs in Kenya, improved tree fallows in Zambia and natural …

Around the world, agricultural landscapes are increasingly seen as “multi-functional”
spaces, expected to deliver food supplies while improving rural livelihoods and protecting …

Low external-input technology (or LEIT) is an increasingly prominent subject in discussions
of sustainable agriculture. There are growing calls for self-sufficient agriculture in an era …

In the four decades of its existence, agroforestry as a concept has been understood and
defined in multiple ways, often referring to a specific system scale of interest. This has …