Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and The Sahel

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). 2020. Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and The Sahel. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). http://www.worldagroforestry.org/file-download/download/public/19426

Land degradation threatens the livelihoods and the food and nutrition security of the poorest, most vulnerable smallholder farmers and pastoralists. As a result, migration is accelerating, with an estimated 60 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa at risk of being displaced by desertification and land degradation by 2050.