Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) generates science-based knowledge about the diverse benefits - both direct and indirect - of agroforestry, or trees in farming systems and agricultural landscapes, and disseminates this knowledge to develop policy options and promote practices that improve livelihoods and benefit the environment. ICRAF is a CGIAR Consortium Research Centre. ICRAF’s headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, with six regional offices located in Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Peru.
Paolo Omar Cerutti, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Silvia Ferrari, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Les parcs à bois, où les documents relatifs aux chargements de bois sont contrôlés, peuvent contribuer à endiguer les pertes financières liées aux exportations illégales.
Paolo Omar Cerutti, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Silvia Ferrari, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Timber parks, where the paperwork for loads of timber is inspected, can help stem the financial losses from illegal exports.
Farmland razed by Eritrean soldiers at a village in Ahferom district, Central zone, Tigray.
Abrha Brhan Gebre/with permission
Aster Gebrekirstos, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Emiru Birhane, Mekelle University
Typically, humanitarian concerns are prioritised following a war. But the environment must also get attention so that societies can produce food and goods to rebuild their lives.
Food systems can disenfranchise marginalised and vulnerable communities worldwide.
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Ian Dawson, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); Lars Gradual, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Ramni Jamnadass, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Paying attention to tree seed to enhance forest landscape restoration: new resources for Africa are available.
Lars Laestadius, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Chris Reij, World Resources Institute, and Dennis Garrity, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Africa’s Great Green Wall must immediately speed up to meet the needs of people along the edges of the Sahara Desert.
Women with a loads on their heads crossing river Niger using the railway bridge at Jebba.
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Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); David Harris, Bangor University, and Javier Revilla Diez, University of Cologne
Broader local engagement and inclusion of multiple voices could improve development projects
Farmers working the land in the Western Sahara, Egypt.
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Anja Gassner, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); Philip Dobie, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Robert Nasi, Centre for International Forestry Research
A changing climate threatens the balance that communities in drylands have created.
Sale of charcoal in Nairobi, Kenya.
CIFOR/Axel Fassio
Phosiso Sola, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Paolo Omar Cerutti, Centre for International Forestry Research
Demand for charcoal continues to increase in Kenya, it’s vital that the sector is better governed
Anja Gassner, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); Philip Dobie, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Terry Sunderland, University of British Columbia
Evidence shows that farms that share landscapes with wild nature, such as remnant forests and trees, benefit from the ecosystem services provided.
Young Kenyans typically see farming playing some role in their future, although few respondents want only to farm.
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Thomas Daum, University of Hohenheim; David Harris, Bangor University; Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Katie LaRue, Grand Valley State University
Young people typically see farming playing some role in their future as they prefer to remain in their rural homes, although few respondents want only to farm.
A maize farmer in Kenya surveys his degraded land.
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Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); Michael Hauser, CGIAR System Organization; Todd Rosenstock, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Wanjiku Gichohi-Wainaina, CGIAR System Organization
It’s time to redesign food systems that deliver healthy foods, allow farming families to make a good living, and support thriving societies.
Most households didn’t want their future generations to become farmers.
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Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and David Harris, Bangor University
Understanding rural household aspirations and taking them seriously in development planning could offer great potential in shaping the future of rural spaces.
Hard work and poor prospects for smallholder farming households in Africa.
Swathi Sridharan (formerly ICRISAT, Bulawayo)
David Harris, Bangor University; Jordan Chamberlin, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Smallholder farming might not be able to generate enough value on its own, but farmers still need support.
Soil health maps can help smallholder farmers make better decisions on improving their yields.
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Serge Mandiefe Piabuo, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); Divine Foundjem Tita, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Peter A Minang, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Forest communities have seen little or no change in improving livelihoods and stopping deforestation.
India has developed a pioneering national agroforestry policy.
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Principal Scientist, Agroecology Policy and Advocacy, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Board Chair, Global EverGreening Alliance & Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)