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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.

Choosing the right tree

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Intensive planting of evergreens in water-scarce regions is leading to increased conflict in Kenyan communities. A number of evergreen species, such as eucalyptus or pines, are proving increasingly popular due to their rapid growth rates.
    Publication year

    2007

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    cordia, croton, intensive farming, melia volkensii, trees, water consumption (resources)

    Geographic

    Kenya

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