Kenyan farmers reap economic, environmental gains from ABCDs of agroforestry

Mongabay
Dec 4, 2017, 5:32 pm135 pts
KERICHO, Kenya – Less than a decade ago, the hills of Tuiyobei village in Kenya’s Rift Valley were nearly bare, with few trees or shrubs beyond the coffee plantations that yielded very little. The rain was sporadic, temperatures were rising, and crop yields and livelihoods were deteriorating. High…

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