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.
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) is a centre of science and development excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment. Leveraging the world’s largest repository of agroforestry science and information, we develop knowledge practices, from farmers’ fields to the global sphere, to ensure food security and environmental sustainability.
Driven by our vision of a world where all people have viable livelihoods supported by healthy and productive landscapes, our global team of science, research, development, institutional and resource professionals seeks to better combine the science of discovery with the science of delivery. To realize this vision, we focus on four key interacting themes: By combining more productive trees with more resilient and profitable agriculturalsystemsand a sounder understanding of the health of thesoil,land and people that is part of ‘greener’, better governed landscapes, we offer valuable and timely knowledge products and services to the global community as it tackles the major challenges of the Anthropocene. These include dealing with climate change; low soil carbon; widespread forest, tree and soil loss leading to degradation; poverty; demographic upheavals and conflict; and securing equitable futures for all with a special focus on women and children.
Suggested citation: Kindt R, John I, Dawson IK, Graudal L, Lillesø J-P B, Ordonez J, Jamnadass R. 2022. Agroforestry Species Switchboard: a synthesis of information sources to…
World Agroforestry works throughout the Global South with footprints in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our activities span over 44 countries in six regions. Each office oversees, plans, coordinates and supports initiatives within their region, and maintains liaisons and partnerships with governments, development partners, learning institutions and civil society
Turkana County has been engaged in a process of adapting their planning and budgeting processes as well reviewing the first County Integrated Development Plan (2013-2017) to be more inclusive,…
Decision-makers often wish to have a quantitative basis for their decisions. However, there is often no ‘hard data’ for many important variables, which can paralyze decision-making processes or lead…
de Sousa K, van Zonneveld M, Imbach P, Casanoves F, Kindt R, Ordonez JC. 2017. Suitability of Key Central American Agroforestry Species Under Future Climates: An Atlas. ICRAF Occasional paper No. 26…
Agricultural systems are influenced by a range of environmental, economic and socio-cultural factors. Due to this complexity, policymakers in agricultural development need science-based guidance to…
This book provides guidance on how the support of negotiations between stakeholders over crucial landscape issues can be organized in a multidisciplinary, multi-skilled team with awareness of the…
In the last decade, there has been an enormous increase worldwide in the use of molecular marker methods to assess genetic variation in trees. These approaches can provide significant insights into…
The toolkit is based on a review of existing documentation and extension materials on seed production. Useful references to augment the toolkit information are also provided.This toolkit complements…
At the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), we see that the future of trees is on farms, but what will that future hold if farmers do not have access to high quality seed and seedlings? The opportunity…
Agroforestry is all about using trees on farms and in landscapes for the benefit of rural communities and other land users. At the centre of agroforestry innovation and adoption is the agroforestry…