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The World Agroforestry Centre
(ICRAF) has invigorated the ancient practice of
growing trees on farms, using innovative science for
development to transform lives and landscapes. The World Agroforestry Centre is part of a global network of 15 Future Harvest Centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). This is a quarterly newsletter of the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi, Kenya Editors: Warwick Easdown, Walter van Opzeeland Photos: ICRAF Staff Send your comments to transformationsquarterly@cgiar.org |
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Agroforestry and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) 
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African women’s gold International demand for shea tree products in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries The shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, is a key species within the traditional parklands agroforestry system of sub-Saharan Africa. Full Story |
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CGIAR launch Tsunami website Nine months after the disastrous tsunami of 26 December 2004, the Future Harvest Centers of the CGIAR are working with partners to solidly contribute to rehabilitating the lives of the survivors in the hardest hit areas Full Story |
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The future of timber is on farm: ICRAF at IUFRO conference in Brisbane One of the highlights of the XXII IUFRO Congress in Australia was the call by the IUFRO President for a special task force on agroforestry, which underlines the greater recognition of agroforestry by the traditional forest sector Full Story |
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ICRAF director general addresses Australian parliament ‘Forestry in agriculture’ was the topic for an address by ICRAF Director General Dr Dennis P. Garrity to the Australian parliament during the Crawford fund conference ‘Forests, Wood and livelihoods: Finding a future for all’ on August 16 in Canberra, Australia. |
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Kenyan agroforester 1st African to win Young Eco-Hero Award Ms Winne Owade - a 14 year-old pupil of Mbaga Girls' Boarding Primary School in western Kenya - has been awarded third prize in the 2005 International Eco-Hero Awards. Full Story |
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World Agroforestry Centre External Programme and Management Review Professor Jeff Burley will be the Panel Chair for ICRAF’s upcoming External Programme and Management Review (EPMR). Full Story |
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Trees of Change A vision for an agroforestry transformation in the developing world For almost three decades, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has pioneered innovations in the science and practice of agroforestry to benefit poor farmers in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Full Story |
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