Post-cyclone agroforestry is helping to solve food insecurity in Vanuatu

In the wake of Cyclone Pam, Live & Learn Vanuatu set about ending food insecurity in some of the country’s worst affected communities. Seedlings, reared in nurseries, replaced the crops that were washed away in the disaster. The implementation of agroforestry plots, plant tissue grafting, and the in...

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Autor principal: Kampai, Jessie
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2018
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98996
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Sumario:In the wake of Cyclone Pam, Live & Learn Vanuatu set about ending food insecurity in some of the country’s worst affected communities. Seedlings, reared in nurseries, replaced the crops that were washed away in the disaster. The implementation of agroforestry plots, plant tissue grafting, and the introduction of carrots and broccoli to the islands are being hailed as important steps forward in the fight to end food insecurity.