World Agroforestry (a brand name used by the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, ICRAF) is an international
institute
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headquartered in
Nairobi
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, and founded in 1978 as "International Council for Research in Agroforestry". The centre specializes in the
sustainable management Sustainable management takes the concepts from sustainability and synthesizes them with the concepts of management. Sustainability has three branches: the environment, the needs of present and future generations, and the economy. Using these branc ...
,
protection
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and
regulation
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of
tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as ''lowland equator ...
and natural reserves. It is one of 15 agricultural research centres which makes up the global network known as the
CGIAR
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.
Description
The centre conducts research in
agroforestry
Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. Trees produce a wide range of useful and marketable products from fruits/nuts, medicines, wood products, etc. This intentional ...
, in partnership with national agricultural research systems with a view to developing more sustainable and productive land use. The focus of its research is countries/regions in the developing world, particular in the tropics of Central and
South America
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,
Southeast Asia
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, South Asia, West Africa, Eastern Africa and parts of central
Africa
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.
In 2002, the centre acquired the World Agroforestry Centre brand name, although International Centre for Research in Agroforestry remains its legal name and it continues to use the acronym ICRAF.
In 2017, ICRAF released a study at the UN Climate Change Conference that centers on agroforestry and the emission of carbons from deforestation.
See also
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Forest Day
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Aster Gebrekirstos
References
External links
World Agroforestry
International research institutes
Research institutes in Kenya
Agricultural research institutes
Forest research institutes
Agricultural organisations based in Kenya
Agroforestry
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