This document discusses EverGreen Agriculture as an approach to climate change resilience through integrating trees into agricultural systems. It provides examples of EverGreen Agriculture approaches being used in countries like Niger, Ethiopia, Zambia and Malawi to improve soil fertility, buffer microclimates, and double maize yields. Surveys found maize yields increased from 1.30 t/ha without fertilizer trees to 3.05 t/ha with fertilizer trees. The document concludes that EverGreen Agriculture is a climate-resilient approach that regenerates land health, enhances food security, and has been adopted by millions of smallholders across Africa.

1. EverGreen Agriculture as a
Transformational Approach to
Climate Change Resilience

3. The Faidherbia halo effect
• Microclimate buffering
• Soil fertility improvement

4. A parkland farmlands renaissance in Niger

5. Five million hectares of croplands now dominated
by fertilizer trees in Niger

6. Faidherbia albida is commonly found in cereal crop
systems in Ethiopia

7. EverGreen Agriculture with Faidherbia albida

8. Small-scale Conservation Farming with Faidherbia
Zambia

9. Gliricidia: N-fixing fertilizer trees double maize yields
in Malawi

10. Long-term maize yield without fertilizer in a Gliricidia
P addition
system
resumed
Flood
P stopped
Drought
Drought

11. Impact of fertilizer trees on maize yield
under farmer management
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Plot management
Yield (t/ha)
Maize only
1.30
Maize + fertilizer trees
3.05
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2011 Survey of farms in six districts (Mzimba, Lilongwe,
Mulanje, Salima, Thyolo and Machinga)

12. What is Evergreen Agriculture?
A form of more intensive farming that integrates
trees into crop and livestock production
systems.
EverGreen farming systems are ‘doublestory’ systems that feature both perennial
and annual species (food crops and trees),
maintaining a green cover on the land
throughout the year.

13. Types of Evergreen Agriculture
1. Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR)
on cropland
2. Conservation agriculture with trees (CAWT)
3. Conventional agriculture interplanted with trees

14. Malawi National Agroforestry Food Security
Programme

16. 17 Countries are engaged in EverGreen Agriculture
Farmer Managed Natural
Regeneration
Conservation Agriculture with trees
Trees interplanted in conventional
tilled cropland
Farmer Managed Natural
Regeneration +
Trees interplanted in conventional
tilled cropland

17. EverGreen Agriculture Partnership
Private
Sector
Farmers and
farmer
groups International
and regional
research
Steering
Group
Donors
International
and regional
development
Governments
and Policy
Civil Society
Youth and
Education

18. Conclusions – Way Forward
• EverGreen Agriculture is a climate resilient
agriculture that regenerates land health and
enhances food security.
• The approach has taken root in Africa and is
spreading rapidly.
• Millions of smallholders are adopting these very
low cost and effective land regeneration methods.
• Many nations are creating the policy and
institutional mechanisms to foster adoption.

19. For More Information
World Agroforestry Centre
www.worldagroforestry.org
Evergreen Agriculture web site
www.evergreenagriculture.net
Email contacts:
d.garrity@cgiar.org