The overall objective of this project is to improve and sustain through agroforestry the livelihoods of cocoa-producing communities while restoring degraded cocoa landscapes in buffer zones and protected areas. The specific objectives are to:
In the North of Cameroon, livestock, agriculture and protected areas use the same territory of 65 000 km2. The major challenge for the agricultural sector is to secure access to land while preserving a sustainable and balanced use of…
The Forests4Future (F4F) project is a 2-year project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via GIZ and implemented by Centre for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) in…
The sustained growth of production in Côte d'Ivoire over the last 20 years has enabled the country to become the world's leading producer of raw cashew nuts. However, according to sectoral diagnosis, this performance is not sustainable. Indeed,…
ICRAF is working with 3500 farmers to plant 550,000 tree seedlings in their cocoa orchards to create cocoa agroforestry systems that diversify farmers’ incomes, increase soil fertility and biodiversity and resilience to climate shocks, extend the…
ICRAF has been involved since November 2018 in the activities of the Green Innovation Center project led by GIZ in Côte d’Ivoire. ICRAF’s work aims to consolidate and promote agricultural innovations to diversify producers’ incomes and promote…
Côte d’Ivoire is the largest producer of cocoa beans in the world and cacao is the country’s largest agricultural commodity, supplying a global market of raw and processed cocoa worth USD 47 billion, accounting for 40% of global production and 15…
Forests are fundamental to multifunctional landscapes, providing invaluable ecosystem services, and supporting rural livelihoods and economies through their contributions to income, food, and energy needs. The functionality of forests is…