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.
Within the framework of the CGIAR Consortium Research Programme (CRP) on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry (FTA) 2017‐2022, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and partners are implementing a global programme on improved reproductive material for productive landscape restoration, with a specific focus in Ethiopia 2017‐2020, supporting their forest landscape restoration target of 22 million ha by 2030, with four major ongoing projects:
- Tree Field Genebanks with support from the CGIAR Consortium Research Programme (CRP) on Genebanks 2010‐2016 and the CGIAR Genebank Platform 2017‐2022;
- Agrobiodiversity and Landscape Restoration for Food Security and Nutrition in East Africa, 2016‐2019, supported by European Commission and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (EC/IFAD);
- Provision of adequate tree seed portfolios 2017‐2020 to enhance productivity and resilience of forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia, supported by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI); and
- Tree Genetic Resources to bridge production gaps and promote resilience, Flagship of Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) CGIAR CRP 2017‐2022.Read more
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