The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia

The document describes how Zambia's Conservation Farming Unit and the World Agroforestry Centre have used 'evergreen agriculture' since the mid-1990s to combat food insecurity and climate vulnerability. This approach integrates specific tree species into annual food crop systems through maize agroforestry and conservation agriculture with trees, focusing on the affordable replenishment of soils using natural fertilisers and indigenous knowledge.

• Evergreen agriculture in Zambia is implemented through two primary practices: maize agroforestry and conservation agriculture with trees, both of which integrate specific tree species into annual food crop systems.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2013). The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia. https://cdkn.org/resource/the-case-for-evergreen-agriculture-in-africa-enhancing-food-security-with-climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation-in-zambia

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia. 2013. https://cdkn.org/resource/the-case-for-evergreen-agriculture-in-africa-enhancing-food-security-with-climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation-in-zambia.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2013case, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, month = jan, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/the-case-for-evergreen-agriculture-in-africa-enhancing-food-security-with-climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation-in-zambia}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }