World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
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URL: https://www.worldagroforestry.org/
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Founded
1977-07 Nairobi Kenya
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Mitigate tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty through improved agroforestry systems, focusing on strategic and applied research in partnership with national institutions.
Events
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Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Partner of: F-XF6300 - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF). Member of: E-XE3727 - Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF); F-XF7131 - Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP); F-XF6349 - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS). Observer to: E-XJ8799 - Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP). Cooperates with other CGIAR supported IGO centres:
- D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice);
- H-XE3150 - Bioversity International;
- E-XE5928 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA);
- E-XE4115 - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI);
- E-XE2417 - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
Collaborating institutions:
- E-XE3028 - African Union Scientific Technical Research Commission (AU STRC);
- E-XE2429 - AGRHYMET Regional Centre;
- F-XF0077 - Asian Development Bank (ADB);
- G-XG5975 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR);
- E-XE6070 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- U-XG8887 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- G-XG6798 - Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD);
- E-XE6031 - Institut du Sahel (INSAH);
- H-XE6631 - Institute of Agricultural and Zootechnical Research;
- E-XE1083 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA);
- F-XF4527 - International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR);
- G-XG6944 - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad);
- E-XE3608 - Programa Cooperative de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Agricolo para los Trópicos Suramericanos (PROCITROPICOS);
- F-XE4356 - Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB);
- E-XE0071 - Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD);
- E-XE7377 - Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA);
- E-XE7078 - Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO BIOTROP);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- E-XF4511 - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE8372 - UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC);
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Links with: E-XE9583 - African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Cooperates with other CGIAR supported NGO centres:
- E-XE3089 - Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR);
- E-XE6331 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI);
- E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA);
- E-XE0270 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center;
- E-XE4103 - International Potato Center;
- E-XE0387 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI);
- E-XE5021 - WorldFish.
Also close working links with: F-XF1846 - CARE International (CI); and with a number of national non-governmental organizations. Supports: F-XF4806 - Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB). Partner of: F-XM4404 - Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN); F-XM5817 - Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR); F-XJ2972 - Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI); U-XM0975 - Rainwater Partnership. Provides secretariat for: C-XM8962 - Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA). Works with: F-XJ1941 - Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD).
Collaborating institutions:
- G-XG2244 - Africa University, Mutare;
- D-XD5643 - Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA);
- G-XF0262 - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO);
- E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE);
- F-XF5522 - International Circle for the Promotion of the Creation;
- E-XE3975 - International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC);
- E-XE0639 - International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR);
- B-XB2698 - International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS);
- B-XB2721 - International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO);
- B-XB2568 - International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS);
- G-XG5056 - Overseas Development Institute (ODI);
- E-XD3046 - Pan African Institute for Development (PAID);
- D-XF1187 - Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA Association);
- E-XF3137 - RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC);
- G-XG3619 - Winrock International.
Also links with: F-XM2982 - Crops For the Future (CFF); F-XM3112 - EcoAgriculture Partners; F-XM1894 - Forestry Research Network for Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA); F-XF6674 - Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education (SEANAFE).
- Member of: Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)
- Member of: Global Diplomatic Forum (GDF)
- Member of: Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)(Charter member)
- Member of: International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ICMAP)
- Member of: International Foundation for Science (IFS)
- Member of: International Land Coalition (ILC)
- Member of: International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)
- Member of: International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF)
- Member of: Natural Capital Coalition (NCC)
- Member of: ORCID
- Instrumental in setting up: Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa (AFNETA)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Union of Agroforestry (IUAF)
- Instrumental in setting up: Tree Pest Management Network for Central, Eastern and Southern Africa
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
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XD6784
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