World Agroforestry Centre
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ICRAF | |
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Founded: | 1978 |
Scope: | Global |
Policy area: | Forest and forestry |
Type of institution: | Non-governmental organisation |
Field of work: | Research |
Language: | English |
URL: | ICRAF website |
Format: | html |
Access: | Free |
Publisher: | ICRAF |
Country(ies): | Kenya |
Date: | 2/2/2012 |
Objective | To maximize the productivity of agroforestry systems, improving the income of poor households by facilitating their access to markets, to work in agricultural landscapes that experience the greatest environmental stress to balance improved productivity with the sustainable management of natural resources, Managing trees in agricultural landscapes to ensure the health of river and groundwater systems |
Thematic priority(ies) | Improvement of the livelihoods of poor smallholders and sustainability and productivity of agricultural landscapes |
Functions | To generate science-based knowledge about the diverse roles that trees play in agricultural landscapes, and use its research to advance policies and practices that benefit the poor and the environment |
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | CATIE,CIFOR,CBD,UNDP,UNEP,ITTO,CIRAD, World Bank |
Keywords | Agroforestry |
FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
No FOREST EUROPE criteria for this Institution | No FOREST EUROPE indicators for this Institution | No ToSIA indicators for this Institution |