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How do you reforest millions of hectares of African desert without planting a single tree? Find out from Tony Rinaudo, the missionary agronomist who did it.

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2021
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In his seventeen years in Niger, missionary agronomist Tony Rinaudo discovered a simple method of regreening land without planting a single tree. The technique he pioneered--together with local farmers--came to be known as Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, or FMNR. It has since reduced our carbon footprint, and transformed millions...