The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) is a centre of science and development excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment. Leveraging the world’s largest repository of agroforestry science and information, we develop knowledge practices, from farmers’ fields to the global sphere, to ensure food security and environmental sustainability.
Driven by our vision of a world where all people have viable livelihoods supported by healthy and productive landscapes, our global team of science, research, development, institutional and resource professionals seeks to better combine the science of discovery with the science of delivery. To realize this vision, we focus on four key interacting themes: By combining more productive trees with more resilient and profitable agriculturalsystemsand a sounder understanding of the health of thesoil,land and people that is part of ‘greener’, better governed landscapes, we offer valuable and timely knowledge products and services to the global community as it tackles the major challenges of the Anthropocene. These include dealing with climate change; low soil carbon; widespread forest, tree and soil loss leading to degradation; poverty; demographic upheavals and conflict; and securing equitable futures for all with a special focus on women and children.
Suggested citation: Kindt R, John I, Dawson IK, Graudal L, Lillesø J-P B, Ordonez J, Jamnadass R. 2022. Agroforestry Species Switchboard: a synthesis of information sources to…
World Agroforestry works throughout the Global South with footprints in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our activities span over 44 countries in six regions. Each office oversees, plans, coordinates and supports initiatives within their region, and maintains liaisons and partnerships with governments, development partners, learning institutions and civil society
Organisation for economic cooperation and development (oecd) with a view to find potential similarities With agroforestry tree germplasm. Only three Countries in sub-saharan africa (burkina faso,…
The fruit tree nursery accreditation scheme implemented by the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has been promoted to enhance the supply of high quality fruit tree planting materials and…
How smallholding farmers and local governments can together adapt to climate change
Citation: Simelton E, Dam VB, Finlayson R, Lasco R. 2013. The Talking Toolkit. How smallholding farmers and local…
The SHARED process is comprised of four inter-related phases, applied on a case by case basis. These are tailored to the specific context of decision makers, stakehilders and resources. Working with…
LUMENS is a land use planning tools which will help multi-stakeholders in Papua and South Sumatra to develops proper zones or planning units within the landscape that suit the land use planning…
Why tree water use/ transpiration?Water is a limiting factor to crop / tree growthTranspiration and water uptake have a direct effect on systems productivity and hence food securityLimited…
http://ics.hutton.ac.uk/tropiTree/index.htmlTropiTree contains the assembled expressed transcripts from an RNA-seq study of a set of 24 important tropical tree species, along with the microsatellites…
Version 1.1This tool enables you to select useful tree species for planting anywhere in Africa using Google Earth. In 2012, we prepared an updated version of this tool, especially enhancing the…
Gender specificity of land use (decisions, labour, remuneration) and participation in value chains needs to be understood. While preceding methods are supposed to represent the diversity among the…