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  • Publication | 2020

Reducing hunger and drought effects in Ethiopia: a miraculous tree

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Farmers have found that silvopasture systems with F. thonningii have built the adaptive capacity of both their farmland and landscapes. They are not only able to cope with droughts, but to reverse trends of landscape degradation while increasing the productivity of their crops and livestock. The tree is found in 33 African countries, making F. thonningii silvopastures a low-cost, accessible approach with high potential for further dissemination and scaling-up in other smallholder farming contexts.

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