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.
Background
In East Africa, over the years, climate change has led to a drastic reduction in the quality and resilience of the land, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and food and nutrition insecurity for the growing…
Overview
Efforts to reverse land landscape restoration in the Eastern Province have been constrained by several problems including dependence on wood as major source of energy, low tree survival rate due to termites,…
Overview
The potential of fruit trees to optimize the combined benefits of livelihoods, food security, nutrition and climate mitigation and adaptation is promising but not yet fully understood nor applied in practice. …
Outputs
- An implemented soil and crop sampling campaign which includes samples processed for analysis
- Establish an online database infrastructure
- Establish a soil spectroscopy laboratory and select…