Formation 1978 Official language English, French Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya Abbreviation ICRAF Type of business INGO | Region served Worldwide Website ICRAF Official website Founded 1978 Director General Tony Simons; | |
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Dennis garrity speak about his highlights at the world agroforestry centre
The World Agroforestry Centre (known as the International Council for Research in Agroforestry, ICRAF before 1991), is an international institute headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and founded in 1978. The Centre specializes in the sustainable management, protection and regulation of tropical rainforest and natural reserves. It is one of 15 agricultural research centres which makes up the global network known as the CGIAR. The Centre conducts research in agroforestry, 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, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Africa, Eastern Africa and parts of central Africa. 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.