CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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.

Dr Timothy Esekhade of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria with a fruiting bush mango tree

Photo by Julius Atia/ICRAF. Nigerian rubber farmers are finding that diversifying their land with food crops, food trees and ‘small livestock’ like rabbits, bees and snails makes sense on many levels. The mixed farm brings in food to eat and income long before the 6 years it takes rubber trees to mature for tapping. And it buffers the farmer against the swings in global rubber prices that have historically discouraged farmers from growing the commodity. bit.ly/1zgDV4A

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