Evergreen Energy – a mighty nature-based solution
23rd January 2020, By Isuru Seneviratne
Evergreen agriculture is a type of agroforestry that integrates trees into crop and livestock production systems. Combining this with bio-energy generation is a unique and massively scalable solution for reducing emissions with many ecological and rural empowerment co-benefits.
Sri Lanka has been a pioneer in scaling up such a solution using smallholder-sourced biomass from Gliricidia trees. The fast-growing, easy-to-cultivate Gliricidia can tolerate repeated cutting, every 2 to 4 months depending on the climate. Biomass Group Ltd is aiming to train 500,000 farmers and have a billion trees planted by 2022, as intercrop or live fences. The group actively discourages mono-cropping, and no additional land is cleared to grow biomass.
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