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FACT Net: A Lasting Impact
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FACT Net was an international network of community groups, development workers, tree breeders, researchers, students, and farmers. These 2,000 partners in 100 countries shared an interest in the use of multipurpose trees to improve the soil, protect the environment, and enhance the well-being of farm families and other land users. Through extension, communications, and research, […]Alnus acuminata: Valuable Timber Tree for Tropical Highlands
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NFTA 94-03, April 1994A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world Alnus acuminata is a fast-growing species valued for its wood, watershed protection and soil improvement. Native from Mexico to Northern Argentina, it is known as: aliso (Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru); aile, ilite (Mexico); ramrám, lambdn (Guatemala, Costa Rica […]Albizia procera – white siris for reforestation and agroforestry
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Albizia procera is a large, fast-growing tree that occurs on many different sites. Like other Asian Albizias, it occurs in forests and savanna woodlands, but prefers moister sites than its relatives. This species provides wood for a variety of purposes, nutritious fodder for livestock and shade for tea plantations. It is an important reforestation and […]Albizia odoratissima – Tea Shade Tree
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NFTA 95-01, January 1995A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world Albizia odoratissima, Benth. (Syn. Mimosa odoratissima, Roxb.) is a medium sized tree highly valued for shade and soil improvement in tea plantations of the Asian subcontinent. It is particularly popular in North-east India and Bangladesh. About 75% of total tea […]Albizia lebbeck – A Promising Fodder Tree for Semi-Arid Regions
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NFTA 88-03, August 1988A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world Providing high quality fodder during dry seasons is one of the most serious problems faced by many small-scale farmers in developing countries. Albizia lebbeck is particularly promising as a fodder tree for semi-arid regions in the tropics and subtropics, and […]Adenanthera pavonina – an underutilized tree of the humid tropics
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NFTA 96-01, January 1993A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world Adenanthera pavonina (L.) (family Leguminosae, subfamily Mimosoideae) has long been an important tree in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Cultivated in home gardens and often protected in forest clearings and village common areas, this useful tree provides quality fuelwood, […]Actinorhizal Trees Useful in Cool to Cold Regions
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A class of plants that helped develop soil on glaciated sites in the past has a future in agroforestry and land reclamation projects of today and tomorrow. These plants are known as actinorhizae, as they are nodulated by the nitrogen-fixing actinomycete, Frankia These predominately temperate trees are especially useful in areas where the mostly tropical […]Acacia tortilis: Fodder Tree for Desert Sands
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NFTA 91-01, April 1991A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world Acacia tortilis, often called the “umbrella thorn’ for its distinctive spreading crown, is one of the most widespread trees in seasonally dry areas of Africa and the Middle East. The umbrella thorn is the dominant tree in many savanna communities […]Acacia seyal – multipurpose tree of the Sahara desert
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NFTA 94-07, September 1994A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world One of few strongly gregarious sahelian tree species, Acacia seyal combines tolerance of periodically inundated heavy clays with major roles in fuel and fodder production in countries at the southern edge of the Sahara desert, especially Mali, Chad and Sudan. […]Acacia senegal – Gum Tree with Promise for Agroforestry
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NFTA 91-02, April 1991A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world Acacia senegal is a multipurpose African tree (subfamily Mimosoideae, family Leguminosae), highly valued for centuries for gum arabic production. Today, A. senegal is grown primarily for gum, but plays a secondary role in agricultural systems, restoring soil fertility and providing […]