New study finds 400,000 farmers in southern Africa using 'fertilizer trees' to improve food security
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 10:30
in Earth & Climate
On a continent battered by weather extremes, famine and record food prices, new research released today from the World Agroforestry Centre documents an exciting new trend in which hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in Southern Africa are now significantly boosting yields and incomes simply by using fast growing trees and shrubs to naturally fertilize their fields.