If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Yunnan, China, smallholder farmers applying agroecological principles to tea cultivation have seen results in the form of better-tasting tea ...

Consultation’s objectives included discussion on agroforestry development by the small tea growers (STG) for better land use ...

Ashoka W.*, who started his tea plantation in Pitekele about 10 years ago, told Mongabay, “Our lives depend on the price of tea. If it goes down, so does our quality of life.” ...

Agroforestry provides tea plants with more shade, which helps to protect them from the heat of the Sun, and also reduces the amount of moisture that tea plants lose by transpiration, ...

Kenya is eyeing a major boost in export earnings, with a plan to double its annual tea revenue from Sh215 billion to Sh430 billion within five to ten years. This will see Kenya become the first ...

These tea gardens represent a form of sustainable tea agroforestry that is the embodiment of the Chinese civilizational ideals of "harmony between nature and humanity" (tian ren he yi).

Guwahati: The USAID, in partnership with Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, has established an advanced tree nursery at Kakajan Tea Estate, Jorhat. This initiative supports climate change ...

Although relatively rare in the U.S., agroforestry is a widespread agricultural practice across the globe. Project Drawdown, a climate change mitigation think tank that ranks climate solutions, ...

Agroforestry, combined with land and water management practices that increase agricultural productivity, can save watersheds from degradation. A study in the Gabayan watershed in eastern Bohol ...

So, what’s the potential for agroforestry in New England? According to the USDA's 2017 Census of Agriculture, only about 1% of farms across the country employ agroforestry practices.

The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, recently released new guidelines to promote agroforestry. It says this often neglected sector of agriculture, that combines forestry with agriculture ...