Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
FMNR is reforestation technique created by Tony Rinaudo. He tells the story, NYTimes as well. An article by Tony about FMNR.
Redefining agricultural yields: from tonnes to people nourished per hectare part of the abstract: “…We find that, given the current mix of crop uses, growing food exclusively for direct human consumption could, in principle, increase available food calories by as much as 70%, which could feed an additional 4 billion people (more than the projected 2–3 billion people arriving through population growth). …”