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CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

CIFOR scientist on the field

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist Davison Gumbo interviews jatropha farmers reportedly abandoned by an overly-ambitious outgrower scheme. Interviews examined livelihood impacts, opportunity costs of land and labor, and community expectations from biofuel developments, Zambia.

Photo by Jeff Walker/CIFOR

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